SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1984
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HOWEVER, WINDS BECAME FRESH TO STRONG AGAIN ON AUGUST 20 AS GERALD ALTERED ITS COURSE AND APPROACHED HONG KONG FROM THE SOUTHWEST. WINDS DID NOT MODERATE UNTIL THEY BECAME WEST TO SOUTHWEST AFTER GERALD CROSSED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST TO THE EAST OF HONG KONG IN THE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 21.
APART FROM A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS. IT WAS FINE ON AUGUST 18 AND 19. HOWEVER, SHOWERS BECAME MORE FRÉQUENT AND WERE HEAVY AT TIMES ON THE FOLLOWING TWO DAYS.
THE WEATHER WAS FINE FROM AUGUST 22 TO 25 WITH SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS ON THE LAST TWO DAYS. IT BECAME CLOUDY WITH A FEW THUNDER Y SHOWERS ON AUGUST 26 AND 27 AND WAS FINE AGAIN ON AUGUST 28.
AS SEVERE TROPICAL STORM JUNE ENTERED THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ON AUGUST 29, THE WEATHER BECAME VERY HOT AND THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE REACHED 34.4 DEGREES CELSIUS WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST OF THE MONTH. FROM THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 29 TO THE END OF THE MONTH, THE WEATHER WAS CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS.
DURING THE MONTH, NO AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER.
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON AUGUST 1, 4, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 26 AND 27.
FLOOD WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON AUGUST 4, 11 AND 21.
DURING THE MONTH EIGHT TROPICAL CYCLONES OCCURRED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNALS HOISTED IN HONG KONG DURING THE MONTH WERE AS FOLLOWS:
WEATHER SYSTEM
SIGNAL
DATE AND TIME OF HOIST ING
DATE AND TIME OF LOWERING
SEVERE TROPICAL
STORM GERALD
1
AUGUST 16 3.45 PM
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3
1
3
SEVERE TROPICAL
STORM JUNE
1
AUGUST 18 4.15 PM
AUGUST 19 7.30 AM
AUGUST 20 2 PM
AUGUST 29 3.10 PM
AUGUST 18 4.15 PM
AUGUST 19 7.30 AM
AUGUST 20 2 PM
AUGUST 21 4 PM
AUGUST 31 9.30 AM
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