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SUNDAY, SEPTEMLER 14, 1986
ALTHOUGH WAYNE WEAKENED TO A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM IN THE AFTERNOON, IT CONTINUED TO EDGE CLOSER TO HONG KONG.
THE NORTHEASTERLY GALE OR STORM SIGNAL, NO.8 NE, WAS HOISTED AT 10 PM ON AUGUST 20 WHEN WAYNE WAS ABOUT 110 KM SOUTH OF HONG KONG.
WINDS REACHED GALE FORCE OFFSHORE BRIEFLY AROUND MIDNIGHT.
AS WAYNE ACCELERATED EAST-NORTHEASTWARDS AWAY FROM HONG KONG, THE NO. 8 NE SIGNAL, WAS REPLACED BY THE STRONG WIND SIGNAL, NO. 3, AT 2 AM ON AUGUST 21.
STRONG WINDS SUBSIDED SOON AFTERWARDS AND ALL SIGNALS WERE LOWERED AT 5 AM THAT DAY.
CONDITIONS REMAINED UNSETTLED IN THE WAKE OF TYPHOON WAYNE AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED OVER THE TERRITORY.
ON AUGUST 21, AFTER A VERY HOT AND SUNNY DAY, SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVERLAND AND MOVED SOUTHEASTWARDS TO AFFECT HONG KONG IN THE EVENING.
A WATERSPOUT WAS REPORTED IN KO LAU WAN, SOUTH OF TAP MUN AROUND 9 PM AND IN ADVERSE CONDITIONS TWO FISHING JUNKS CAPSIZED, WITH THE LOSS OF THREE LIVES.
A TORNADO WAS ALSO REPORTED IN ABERDEEN AROUND THE SAME TIME.
SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS RECURRED IN THE MORNINGS OF AUGUST 22 AND 23.
DURING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING OF AUGUST 23, 15 PEOPLE WERE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AT THREE SEPARATE LOCATIONS IN SAI KUNG AND TSUEN WAN. THE WEATHER IMPROVED WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ON AUGUST 24.
AFTER CROSSING TAIWAN, WAYNE WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM AND RETURNED TO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ON AUGUST 25.
THE STAND-BY SIGNAL, NO. 1, WAS HOISTED AT 11.45 AM ON AUGUST 25 WHEN WAYNE WAS 430 KM EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HONG KONG AND MOVING WESTWARDS TOWARDS DONGSHA. THE SIGNAL WAS LOWERED AT 2.35 PM ON AUGUST 26 WHEN WAYNE MOVED SOUTHWESTWARDS AWAY FROM HONG KONG.
ONLY FRESH NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS AND CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH A FEW SHOWERS WERE EXPERIENCED ON AUGUST 25. IT BECAME SUNNY AND HOT AGAIN THE NEXT DAY.
NORTHERLY WINDS PREVAILED OVER SOUTH CHINA FROM AUGUST 27 TO 29 AND BROUGHT VERY HOT, RELATIVELY DRY AND HAZY CONDITIONS IN HONG KONG.
THE LAST TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH WERE FINE, APART FROM SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS.
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