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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1984
THERE WERE SCATTERED THUNDERY SHOWERS FROM SEPTEMBER 16 TO 18. ONE GURKHA SOLDIER WAS KILLED AND THREE OTHERS WERE INJURED BY LIGHTNING STROKES WHILE THEY WERE ON AN EXERCISE NEAR PAT SIN RANGE ON SEPTEMBER 18.
IT WAS FINE ON SEPTEMBER 19, BUT THUNDERY SHOWERS OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 20 AS THE WINDS FRESHENED FROM THE EAST,
FROM SEPTEMBER 21 TO 24, THE WEATHER WAS FINE AND SUNNY,
IT BECAME CLOUDY APART FROM SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS ON SEPTEMBER 23. WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS ON SEPTEMBER 25.
WINDS STRENGTHENED FURTHER ON SEPTEMBER 26 AS THE WINTER MONSOON WAS ENHANCED BY TROPICAL DEPRESSION LYNN IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. THERE WERE ALSO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
THE WEATHER WINDS REMAINED STRONG OFF SHORE THE NEXT DAY. WAS CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS. FINE AND SUNNY WEATHER PREVAILED FROM SEPTEMBER 28 TO 30.
FOUR TROPICAL CYCLONES DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING THE MONTH.
TYPHOON IKE FORMED NEAR GUAM IN LATE AUGUST AND CROSSED MINDANAO ON SEPTEMBER 2. IT DISSIPATED NEAR NANNING IN GUANGXI ON SEPTEMBER 7.
TROPICAL DEPRESSION LYNN DEVELOPED ABOUT 240 NAUTICAL MILES IT MOVED WESTWARDS AND EAST NORTHEAST OF XISHA ON SEPTEMBER 24. DISSIPATED ABOUT 140 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF XISHA ON SEPTEMBER 26.
TROPICAL STORM NINA FORMED ABOUT 150 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH
IT RECURVED NORTHEASTWARDS SOUTHWEST OF IWO JIMA ON SEPTEMBER 27. TO ABOUT 420 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOKYO AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
AND ON SEPTEMBER 28, TROPICAL STORM MAURY FORMED ABOUT 590 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF IWO JIMA, AND WAS MOVING NORTHWARDS TO ABOUT 510 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF TOKYO AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
DURING THE MONTH ONE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER.
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON SEPTEMBER 12, 13, 16 TO 18, 20 AND 22. FLOOD WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 16 AND 18. THE YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON SEPTEMBER D.
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