SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1988
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SEPTEMBER RAINFALL BELOW NORMAL
ALTHOUGH TYPHOON KIT POSED A THREAT TO' HONG KONG IN SEPTEMBER AND NECESSITATED THE HOISTING OF TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNAL NO. 3, IT DID NOT BRING ANY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAIN.
THE RAINFALL AMOUNT OF 109.9 MILLIMETRES RECORDED IN SEPTEMBER WAS 56 PER CENT BELOW THE NORMAL OF 320.4 MILLIMETRES.
SINCE JANUARY 1, THE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL WAS 1,491.0 MILLIMETRES, 27 PER CENT BELOW THE NORMAL OF 2,043.5 MILLIMETRES.
WITH THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON PREVAILING OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, THE WEATHER IN HONG KONG WAS MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS FOR THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF SEPTEMBER.
AN APPROACHING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE FROM THE NORTH BROUGHT HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 4.
ALTHOUGH SHOWERS CONTINUED ΤΟ AFFECT THE TERRITORY ON SEPTEMBER 5 AND 6, THE WEATHER BECAME GENERALLY FINE ON SEPTEMBER 7 AS THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON GRADUALLY WEAKENED.
APART FROM SOME MORNING SHOWERS, THE WEATHER REMAINED FINE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 12.
ON THAT DAY, SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS TOGETHER WITH PLENTIFUL SUNSHINE BROUGHT THE DAYTIME TEMPERATURE TO A MAXIMUM OF 32.6 DEGREES, WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.
BARLY ON SEPTEMBER 13, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED AS WINDS FRESHENED FROM THE EAST. HOWEVER, GENERALLY FINE WEATHER RETURNED THAT AFTERNOON AND CONTINUED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15.
WINDS THEN BECAME NORTHERLY EARLY ON SEPTEMBER 16 BUT TURNED EASTERLY AGAIN THAT NIGHT. THE EASTERLIES FRESHENED AND BROUGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CONTINUED INTO THE NEXT MORNING. HOWEVER, THE WEATHER IMPROVED AND BECAME FINE DURING THE DAY.
OTHER THAN A FEW MORNING
PREVAILED ON SEPTEMBER 18 AND 19.
SHOWERS, GENERALLY FINE WEATHER
THE CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM KIT WHICH WAS OVER THE ISLAND OF LUZON BEGAN TO AFFECT THE SOUTH CHINA COAST ON SEPTEMBER 20 AND THE WINDS TURNED NORTHERLY.
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