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ON SEPTEMBER 4, IT WAS FINE, BUT ON THE FOLLOWING TWO DAYS IT WAS SHOWERY.
SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ON SEPTEMBER 6, THUNDERSTORMS WERE
REPORTED.
APART FROM MORNING SHOWERS, IT WAS FINE ON SEPTEMBER 7, HOWEVER, THE WEATHER DETERIORATED RAPIDLY ON SEPTEMBER 8 AS TYPHOON ELLEN APPROACHED.
IN THE MORNING OF THAT DAY, THERE WERE FRESHENING NORTHERLY WINDS ACCOMPANIED BY OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LATER, THE WINDS STRENGTHENED, AND THE SHOWERS BECAME MORE FREQUENT AND WIDESPREAD DURING THE NIGHT.
AS TYPHOON ELLEN PASSED CLOSEST TO HONG KONG ON SEPTEMBER 9, MEAN WINDS OF HURRICANE FORCE WERE RECORDED FOR EIGHT HOURS AT WAGLAN ISLAND. THE LONGEST DURATION OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AT THE STATION SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN DECEMBER 1952.
GUST OF OVER 100 KNOTS WERE RECORDED AT MOST OF THE METEROLOGICAL STATIONS IN HONG KONG DURING THAT PERIOD.
AND, AT 1.15 PM THAT DAY, A TORNADO HIT SHEK WU WAI TSUEN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, DESTROYING SEVERAL HUTS, BUT OTHERWISE CAUSING NO HUMAN CASUALTIES.
DURING THE NIGHT, SHOWERS BECAME LIGHT AND INFREQUENT WHILE WINDS MODERATED.
ON SEPTEMBER 10, AND THERE WERE ISOLATED SHOWERS, AND THE NEXT DAY THERE WERE OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
THE WEATHER IMPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 12 WHEN IT WAS MAINLY FINE APART FROM BRIEF SHOWERS, AND THIS CONTINUED TO SEPTEMBER 23, EXCEPT FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON THE AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 20,
HOWEVER, ON SEPTEMBER 24, GUSTS UP TO 43 KNOTS WERE RECORDED AT CHEUNG CHÂU AND UP TO 54 KNOTS AT TAI O IN SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH OCCURRED IN THE EVENING.
ON THAT SAME DAY, HAILSTONES ABOUT THE SIZE OF MARBLES FELL ON YUEN LONG, SHEUNG SHUI, FANLING AND TAI PO DURING THE THUNDERSTORMS.
IT TURNED FINE ON SEPTEMBER 25 ALTHOUGH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED IN THE NIGHT.
FINE AND HOT WEATHER PERSISTED UNTIL THE AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 28 WHEN TEMPERATURES REACHED 33.9 DEGREES CELSIUS, THE HIGHEST IN THE MONTH, HOWEVER, THE HEAT WAS TEMPERED LATER IN THE AFTERNOON BY SCATTERED HEAVY SHOWERS.
IT BECAME UNSETTLED WITH THE INFLUENCE OF SEVERE TROPICAL STORM GEORGIA, AS ON SEPTEMBER 29, AND 30 THERE WERE OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS. WINDS FRESHENED FROM THE NORTHEAST EARLY ON SEPTEMBER 29 WERE STRONG AT TIMES OFF SHORE.
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