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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1987
MODERATE TO
ON
SKY CLOUDY NEXT DAY A8 THE
FRESH BASTERLY
WINDS
FINE BECAME
KEPT THE THE
OCTOBER 9. HOWEVER, THE WEATHER EASTERLY WINDS SLACKENED.
BOME
FINE WEATHER PREVAILED BETWEEN OCTOBER 10 AND 14 ALTHOUGH
11 AND 12. PLENTY OF BRIEF SHOWERS OCCURRED OVERNIGHT ON OCTOBER
11 TO SUNSHINE AND SOUTHERLY WINDS CAUSED THE TEMPERATURE ON OCTOBER REACH 30.7 DEGREES, WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST DURING THE MONTH.
COAST ON OCTOBER 15. A COLD FRONT REACHED THE SOUTH CHINA
ARRIVAL. AFTER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER HONG KONG HERALDED ITS
OCTOBER 16 THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT, THE WEATHER TURNED FINE ON AND REMAINED SO UNTIL OCTOBER 17.
WEATHER SOUTH OF
AS ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST ON
HOWEVER, FINK AGAIN. 18
CLOUDY OCTOBER
THE SKY BECAME RETURNED THE NEXT DAY AFTER THE COLD FRONT HAD MOVED TO THE HONG KONG,
KONG ON THE A SURGE OF THE NORTHEAST MONSOON ARRIVED AT HONG
WINDS BECAME FRESH EASTERLY OFFSHORE. NIGHT OF OCTOBER 19 AND THE
BEGAN LIGHT RAIN
то SET AND INTERMITTENT CLOUDY CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND PERSISTED UNTIL OCTOBER 21.
IN
CENTRAL CHINA MOVED SLOWLY ON OCTOBER 21, A COLD FRONT over
22. ALTHOUGH SOUTHWARDS AND REACHED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST ON OCTOBER
COLD FRONT, THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPED AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE THE WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY UNTIL THE MORNING OF OCTOBER
MEANWHILE, OVER THE
PACIFIC WESTERN
TO THE
LUZON
23.
EAST OF THE
STRAIT. THE ENHANCED BY OCCURRED OVER
PHILIPPINES, TYPHOON LYNN WAS HEADING TOWARDS THE PREVAILING NORTHEAST MONSOON OVER SOUTHEASTERN CHINA WAS THE CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH LYNN AND STRONG WINDS THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS DURING THE DAY ON OCTOBER 23 WHEN WAS STILL ABOUT 1,000 KILOMETRES AWAY FROM HONG KONG.
LYNN
BY
23. THE INCREASING
WITH LYNN CONTINUING TO MOVE CLOSER TO HONG KONG, THE STAND
11 PM ON OCTOBER SIGNAL NO. 1 WAS HOISTED AT
STRONG WIND SIGNAL, THREAT OF LYNN NECESSITATED THE HOISTING OF THE
WINDS WITHIN 24. DURING THE DAY.
THE NO. 3, AT 5 AM ON OCTOBER
WHILE THOSE OFFSHORE OCCASIONALLY HARBOUR WERE
TO STRONG FRESH
OCTOBER 24 BLEW DOWN REACHED GALE FORCE. THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ON SOME BILLBOARDS AND TREES.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS PERSISTED
WEAKENED
OFFSHORE AND IN EXPOSED AREAS AS EARLY ON OCTOBER 25. HOWEVER, WINDS MODERATED DURING THE AFTERNOON
LYNN WAS TO A
AS STORM. SEVERE TROPICAL TYPHOON LYNN
REPLACED EXPECTED TO WEAKEN FURTHER, THE STRONG WIND SIGNAL NO. 3 WAS
25. RAIN ASSOCIATED BY THE STAND BY SIGNAL NO. 1 AT 3 PM ON OCTOBER WITH LYNN AFFECTED HONG KONG THAT EVENING.
/DURING THE