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SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1988
AN ACTIVE TROUGH OF SOUTHWARDS AND REACHED THE
23.
LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL CHINA MOVED
CHINA COASTAL AREA ON JUNE SOUTH
23 AND 24. THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS OCCURRED ON JUNE THREE MINOR FLOODS OCCURRED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ON THE SAME DAY,
TREE IN
ΤΟ BE EVACUATED ON JUNE 24, 25 RESIDENTS IN SHAU KEI WAN HAD FROM THEIR HUTS DUE TO SUBSIDENCE OF THE GROUND. A SIX-METRE WAN CHAI ALSO COLLAPSED IN HEAVY RAIN,
ON JUNE 25, BUT THE TROUGH PASSED TO THE SOUTH OF HONG KONG
HEAVY SHOWERS MOVED NORTH THE NEXT DAY AND BROUGHT THUNDERSTORMS AND TO HONG KONG. A TREE FELL ON REPULSE BAY ROAD, OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC.
THE SUBTROPICAL CHINA. IT WAS SUNNY ON
WEATHER IMPROVED IN THE EVENING OF JUNE 27 AS RIDGE EXTENDED WESTWARDS TOWARDS SOUTHEAST JUNE 28.
THE
A
TROPICAL STORM VANESSA CROSSED THE PHILIPPINES AND ENTERED
MOVED RAPIDLY NORTHWESTWARDS AT SOUTH CHINA SEA ON JUNE 28. IT SPEED OF 40 KILOMETRES PER HOUR. THE STAND BY SIGNAL NO. 1 WAS HOISTED SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF AT 11.20 PM WHEN VANESSA WAS ABOUT 660 KILOMETRES HONG KONG.
MORNING OF JUNE 29 AND WINDS BECAME FRESH AND CUSTY IN THE
WINDS WERE THERE WERE ALSO SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS. OCCASIONAL STRONG REPORTED OFFSHORE.
GUANGDONG NEAR SHANGCHUAN VANESSA MADE LANDFALL OVER WESTERN
AFTERNOON DAO ABOUT 150 KILOMETRES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HONG KONG IN THE
1.50 PM. LOCAL OF JUNE 29. THE STAND BY SIGNAL NO. 1 WAS LOWERED AT
ΤΟ SOUTHERLY AND THE WEATHER WINDS TURNED
REMAINED CLOUDY WITH
SHOWERS.
30 CAUSED A
MINOR
ANTECEDENT RAIN AND HEAVY SHOWERS ON JUNE LANDSLIP IN KWAI CHUNG WHERE 27 RESIDENTS HAD TO BE EVACUATED.
TROPICAL CYCLONES OCCURRED OVER A TOTAL OF FOUR CHINA SEA AND THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC DURING THE MONTH.
THE
SOUTH
FROM HONG KONG DURING THE MONTH, FIVE AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER. THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON JUNE 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, AND 30. FLOOD WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON
21,
JUNE 23, 24
AND 26.
/SIGNALS HOISTED