TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1982
WINDS TURNED EASTERLY ON JUNE 3 AND THE WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY. A MINOR LANDSLIP OCCURRED IN KWAI CHUNG BUT THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES.
THE WEATHER BECAME FINE ON JUNE 4 AND 5. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF 22.3 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON JUNE 4.
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE LYING CLOSE TO THE SOUTH OF HONG KONG CAUSED THUNDERSTORMS ON JUNE 8 AND 9, FOLLOWING SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS ON JUNE 6 AND 7.
THE WEATHER IMPROVED ON JUNE 10 WITH SUNNY INTERVALS.
BETWEEN JUNE 11 AND 21 THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON PREVAILED OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND THE WEATHER IN HONG KONG WAS SUNNY AND HOT EVERY DAY WITH A FEW SHOWERS.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ON JUNE 16 AND 18 WITH A FEW MORE IN THE MORNING OF JUNE 21. TEMPERATURES ROSE TO A MAXIMUM OF 31.7 DEGREES CELSIUS ON JUNE 21, THE HIGHEST OF THE MONTH.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE BROUGHT BY A TROUGH OF LOw PRESSURE PASSING SOUTH ACROSS HONG KONG ON JUNE 22 AND 23.
THE WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY ON JUNE 24. WINDS STRENGTHENED FROM THE EAST FOR A BRIEF PERIOD DURING THE NIGHT OF JUNE 25 BUT MODERATED LATER.
THE WEATHER WAS FINE AND HOT FROM JUNE 26 TO 28. EASTERLY WINDS STRENGTHENED AGAIN IN THE EVENING OF JUNE 27 AND MODERATED THE FOLLOWING MORNING,
HOWEVER, EASTERLY WINDS BECAME STRONG IN THE EVENING OF JUNE 28 AS TROPICAL STORM TESS DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. WINDS REMAINED STRONG ON JUNE 29 AND 30 WHILE TESS CAME CLOSER TO HONG KONG. MAXIMUM GUSTS OF 48 KNOTS AND 53 KNOTS WERE RECORDED AT WAGLAN ISLAND AND TATE'S CAIRN RESPECTIVELY. TESS ALSO BROUGHT FREQUENT SHOWERS AND PERIODS OF RAIN ON JUNE 29 AND 30.
DURING THE MONTH THREE PLANES WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER.
ON JUNE 2 THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT. ON JUNE 8-10 AND 21-23 THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED.
NO FIRE DANGER WARNINGS WERE ISSUED DURING THE MONTH.
THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL WAS HOISTED ON JUNE 2 AND WAS LOWERED THE SAME AFTERNOON, IT WAS ALSO HOISTED ON JUNE 25 AND 27, BUT WAS LOWERED THE FOLLOWING MORNING RESPECTIVELY.
FOR TROPICAL STORM TESS, WARNING SIGNAL NO. 1 WAS HOISTED AT MOON ON JUNE 28 BUT IT WAS REPLACED BY SIGNAL NO. 3 BETWEEN 7.10 PM THE SAME DAY AND 6.10 AM ON JULY 1. IT REVERTED TO SIGNAL NO. 1, WHICH WAS LOWERED AT 6.40 PM THE SAME DAY.
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