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SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1987
CUMULATIVE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY AMOUNTED TO 995.7
WAS 77 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE SAME PERIOD. FREQUENT AND OCCURRED ON 12 DAYS IN MAY.
MM,
WHICH
THUNDERSTORMS
WERE
A WATERSPOUT WAS SIGHTED OFF THE COAST OF LAI CHI KOK NEAR FOO SUN CHUEN ON MAY 16.
MEI
ON
IT WAS HOT AND SUNNY ON MAY 1 BUT THE WEATHER TURNED CLOUDY
OF MAY 3 AS A COLD MAY 2. THUNDERSTORMS BROKE OUT ON THE MORNING
WINDS STRENGTHENED FROM THE FRONT SWEPT SOUTHWARDS PAST HONG KONG.
LIGHT RAIN AND RESULTING IN EAST IN THE LATE AFTERNOON FALLING TEMPERATURES.
BRINGING
MAY 5 WHEN A RECORDED, THE LOWEST
COOL, WET AND WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUED UNTIL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 19.9 DEGREE CELSIUS WAS OF THE MONTH.
AS WINDS VEERED TO THE SOUTHEAST ON MAY 6, MIST AND FOG SET IN
M AND 200
AT THE ROYAL TO 1,200 M REDUCED WITH VISIBILITIES
OF MAY 7. OBSERVATORY AND WAGLAN ISLAND RESPECTIVELY ON THE MORNING
AND KONG
EVENING IN THE FOLLOWING THUNDERY SHOWERS AFFECTED HONG CONTINUED UNTIL THE AFTERNOON OF MAY 8.
CAPSIZED OVER THE
A 20-METRE CHINESE CARGO SHIP "JIANGJI 20" WATERS OFF CAPE D'AGUILAR AND TWO CREWMEN WERE INJURED.
FROM MAY 11
SUNNY THE WEATHER IMPROVED WITH SUNNY PERIODS ON MAY 9 AND 10.
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WITH AFTERNOON 13, AND HOT CONDITIONS PREVAILED
MAY 13, THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES RISING TO 30.5 DEGREE CELSIUS ON
THE WEATHER REMAINED FINE ON MAY 14 AND 15. RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR.
AN ACTIVE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTH CHINA GAVE RISE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN HONG KONG ON MAY 16,
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CHI KOK NEAR PRESS REPORTS, THE 6-METRE FISHING BOAT AND IN THE AREA WERE ALSO
A WATERSPOUT WAS REPORTED OFF THE WATERS OF LAI MEI FOO SUN CHUEN AT ABOUT 1:30 PM. ACCORDING TO WATERSPOUT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SINKING A INJURING TWO PEOPLE. WINDOWS IN SOME HOUSES DAMAGED AND A 10-METRE TREE WAS FELLED.
IN KENNEDY TOWN, SEVEN AFTER BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING KWAI CHUNG AND MT.
HUTS
NICHOLSON.
WOODEN
BY FIRE IN WHILE MINOR LANDSLIPS OCCURRED HEAVY AND SQUALLY THUNDERY SHOWERS
DESTROYED WERE
CONTINUED INTO THE NIGHT.
THE RAIN BECAME LESS
HAD
DURING THE NEXT DAY HEAVY
AFTER WITH COOLER EASTERLIES KONG. OF HONG TROUGH
PASSED SOUTH
THE WEATHER ESTABLISHED OVER THE TERRITORY IN THE FOLLOWING TWO DAYS, REMAINED CLOUDY WITH LIGHT RAIN.
THE
/THE RETURN