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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1985
THE MEAN DEW POINT OF 25.1 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS THE FIFTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
THE WEATHER WAS FINE AND SUNNY ON AUGUST 1 AND 2 APART FROM A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS AND SOME HEAT THUNDERSTORMS AT SEK KONG IN THE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 2.
THERE WERE SCATTERED MORNING SHOWERS AND SUNNY PERIODS FROM AUGUST 3 TO 5, AND SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON AUGUST 3.
HOWEVER, IT WAS FINE, SUNNY AND HOT ON AUGUST 6 AND 7. AND ON AUGUST 5 AND 7 THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE ROSE TO 33.0 DEGREES CELSIUS, THE HIGHEST SO FAR THIS YEAR,
IT WAS SHOWERY IN THE MORNING OF AUGUST 8 BUT TURNED FINE AND HOT IN THE AFTERNOON. FINE AND SUNNY WEATHER PREVAILED ON AUGUST 9 AND 10 APART FROM A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE MORNING OF AUGUST 9.
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE FORMED OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ON AUGUST 11 AND THE WEATHER IN HONG KONG WAS CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SUNNY INTERVALS ON AUGUST 11 AND 12.
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN COAST OF GUANGDONG BROUGHT UNSETTLED WEATHER TO HONG KONG FROM AUGUST 13 TO 16.
THERE WERE OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS DURING THIS PERIOD. AND ABOUT 70 MM OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED AT FANLING IN THE THUNDERY SHOWERS ON AUGUST 14, AND 150 MM OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED DURING THE HEAVY SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS IN TSUEN WAN BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 5 PM ON AUGUST 16.
A TOTAL OF 179 PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES DUE TO MUDSLIPS AND FLOODS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, ANOTHER 87 RESIDENTS HAD TO BE EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES AT THE SHAM WAN ROAD SQUATTER AREA IN ABERDEEN FOLLOWING A MUDSLIP IN THE MORNING OF AUGUST 16.
THE WEATHER ON AUGUST 17 AND 18 WAS GENERALLY FINE APART FROM SOME LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPED NEAR TAIWAN ON AUGUST 19. IT MOVED SOUTHWESTWARD ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHEAST CHINA ON THE NEXT TWO DAYS AND PASSED TO THE WEST OF HONG KONG EARLY ON AUGUST 22.
THE LOCAL WEATHER WAS FINE AT FIRST BUT SQUALLY AND THUNDERY SHOWERS OCCURRED IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON AUGUST 19. GUSTS OF UP TO 46 KNOTS WERE RECORDED AT WAGLAN ISLAND AT ABOUT 3 PM IN THE SQUALLY SHOWERS WHILE SAI KUNG REGISTERED ABOUT 100 MM OF RAINFALL IN THE THREE HOURS BETWEEN 2 PM AND 5 PM.
/SIX WOODEN
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