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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1987
THE STAND-BY SIGNAL NO.1 WAS THEREFORE LOWERED AT NOON ON
TO AFFECT HONG DAY. HOWEVER, SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH CARY CONTINUED KONG UNTIL AUGUST 22.
THAT
EXCEPT
FOR
SOME ISOLATED
THE SHOWERS,
WEATHER REMAINED
GENERALLY FINE UNTIL AUGUST 28.
LOW PRESSURE FORMED OVER CENTRAL SOUTH CHINA COAST. THIS TROUGH VERY CLOSE TO HONG KONG BY THE RISE TO SOME
AND ISOLATED SHOWERS
ON AUGUST 27, A TROUGH OF CHINA AND BEGAN EDGING TOWARDS THE MOVED RAPIDLY SOUTHWARDS AND WAS
AUGUST 29 GIVING EVENING OF SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS,
60 AND GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN
OF SCAFFOLDINGS ON TWO CONSTRUCTION 80 KM/H, CAUSING THE COLLAPSE SITES IN KENNEDY TOWN AND SHAU KEI WAN.
REMAINED ALMOST STATIONARY ALONG BY THEN, ALTHOUGH AND THUNDERSTORMS
THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE THE SOUTH CHINA COAST UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH.
SHOWERS SOME IT HAD
CONSIDERABLY, WEAKENED CONTINUED TO AFFECT THE COASTAL AREAS.
THE
VERY
THE SHOWERS
WERE HOWEVER
AUGUST 31, ALMOST
ISOLATED RESULTING IN VERY DURING UNEVENLY-DISTRIBUTED RAINFALL OVER THE TERRITORY. FOR EXAMPLE,
30 MM OF RAIN FELL IN THE OF MORNING
A TRACE OF RAINFALL NORTHEASTERN PART OF HONG KONG ISLAND BUT ONLY
NATURE WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY. BECAUSE OF THE ISOLATED
STILL ENJOYED PLENTY OF THESE SHOWERS, MOST PARTS OF THE TERRITORY OF SUNSHINE DURING THE LAST TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH.
SIX TROPICAL CYCLONES OCCURRED OVER THE THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC DURING THE MONTH.
SOUTH CHINA SEA AND
KONG DUE
15,
ON AUGUST
DURING THE MONTH, NO AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED FROM HONG TO ADVERSE WEATHER. THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 29, 30 AND 31.
SIGNALS HOISTED DURING THE MONTH WERE AS FOLLOWS:
WEATHER SYSTEM
SIGNAL
DATE AND TIME OF HOISTING
DATE AND TIME OF LOWERING
TYPHOON BETTY
1
AUGUST 14, 2.45 PM
AUGUST 15, 12 NOON
TYPHOON CARY
1
AUGUST 19, 11 PM
AUGUST 21, 12 NOON
THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE:
274.1 HOURS: 68.1 HOURS ABOVE NORMAL
SUNSHINE
/GLOBAL SOLAR