TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1985
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JUNE MUCH CLOUDIER THAN USUAL
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JUVE THIS YEAR WAS MUCH CLOUDIER THAN USUAL, WITH ONLY 94.5
41 PER CENT BELOW THE NORMAL HOURS OF TOTAL BRIGHT SUNSHINE --
159.2 HOURS.
THIS WAS THE FIFTH LOWEST ON RECORD FOR JUNE, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORTED TODAY.
BUT THE MEAN MONTH'S PRESSURE OF 1002.2 MILLIBARS WAS THE LOWEST ON RECORD FOR JUNE.
ON JUNE 22, TYPHOON HAL CAME WITHIN 400 NAUTICAL MILES OF HONG KONG, BRINGING OUT THE FIRST TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNAL OF THE YEAR.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, THE WEATHER WAS OVERCAST WITH PERIODS OF RAIN ON JUNE 1. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SUNNY INTERVALS, IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY WITH LIGHT RAIN AND SCATTERED SHOWERS ON JUNE 2 AND 3.
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE FORMED OVER SOUTH CHINA EARLY ON JUNE 4 AND MOVED SOUTHWARDS. THE WEATHER CONTINUED CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS ON JUNE 4 AND 5. A WATERSPOUT WAS SIGHTED ABOUT 40 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF HONG KONG IN THE AFTERNOON OF JUNE 5. ON JUNE 6, APART FROM SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS, IT WAS CLOUDY WITH SUNNY INTERVALS. HOWEVER, SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS OCCURRED ON JUNE 7 WHEN THE TROUGH PASSED OVER HONG KONG, CAUSING MINOR FLOODING IN KWA1 CHUNG.
APART FROM CLOUDY INTERVALS, THE WEATHER WAS GENERALLY FINE ON JUNE 8 AND 9.
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE FORMED OVER CENTRAL CHINA EARLY ON JUNE 9 AND MOVED SLOWLY SOUTHWARDS. THE WEATHER TURNED CLOUDY AND SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE REPORTED ON JUNE 10. SUNNY INTERVALS THEN SET IN ON JUNE 11 AND THE WEATHER TURNED FINE ON JUNE 12. THE TROUGH EVENTUALLY CROSSED HONG KONG EARLY ON JUNE 13 AND THE
THE WEATHER BECAME CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDERY SHOWERS. TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINED OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA UNTIL JUNE 16.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE TROUGH, THE WEATHER FROM JUNE
WINDS BECAME STRONG 14 TO 16 WAS CLOUDY, WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. EASTERLY OFF-SHORE AND IN EXPOSED PLACES ON JUNE 14. THEY MODERATED DURING THE DAY ON JUNE 15 BUT BECAME STRONG IN THE EVENING. THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO A MINIMUM OF 23.9 DEGREES CELSIUS ON JUNE 14, THE LOWEST OF THE MONTH.
/THE WEATHER
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