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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1988
THE THE WEATHER REMAINED FINE DURING
TO MOVE AS KIT CONTINUED STRENGTHEN EARLY ON SEPTEMBER 21.
THAT EVENING.
DAY BUT TURNED CLOUDY TO CLOSER,
BEGAN WINDS
HOISTING OF THE CONTINUED TO CHINA SOUTH
THE INCREASED THREAT OF KIT NECESSITATED THE STAND BY SIGNAL NO. 1 AT 8.45 AM ON SEPTEMBER 21, WINDS
MOVED CLOSER TO THE STRENGTHEN DURING THE DAY AS KIT COAST. THE STRONG WIND SIGNAL NO. 3 WAS HOISTED AT 9 PM.
KIT MADE
LANDFALL BETWEEN
SHANWEI
AND
MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 22, AND IN HONG KONG, ALL AT 9.10 AM.
ALTHOUGH
KIT
WAS ABOUT
170
KM
THE SHANTOU DURING SIGNALS WERE LOWERED
NORTHEAST AT ITS CLOSEST THE TERRITORY. THE WEATHER APPROACH, IT DID NOT BRING MUCH RAIN TO REMAINED CLOUDY TO OVERCAST ON SEPTEMBER 22.
TO THE JUST BEFORE KIT MADE LANDFALL, AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
DEPRESSION NAMED MAMIE ON
SOUTH OF KISHA DEVELOPED INTO A TROPICAL THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 21.
A NORTHWARD COURSE RAIN TO HONG KONG ON
IT MOVED TOWARDS THE SOUTH CHINA COAST ON
AND PERIODS AND BROUGHT OVERCAST SKIES SEPTEMBER 23.
OF
BY
THE
NORTHEAST
MONSOON,
INTO CONTINUED
WINDS
BECAME
STRONG
ENHANCED
THE NEXT MORNING EVEN OFFSHORE THAT EVENING. RAIN
OF AFTER MAMIE WEAKENED INTO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TO THE NORTHEAST HONG KONG.
OF THE REMNANTS WEATHER IN HONG KONG WAS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 26.
MAMIE REMAINED ALMOST STATIONARY
CLOUDY TO OVERCAST
WITH OCCASIONAL
AND THE RAIN
HONG KONG A DRIER AND COOLER NORTHERLY AIRSTREAM THEN REACHED
AND THE TEMPERATURE THE NEXT THAT EVENING. THE SKY BEGAN TO CLEAR MORNING FELL TO 21.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS THE LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.
OTHER THAN SOME
LIGHT RAIN
OVERNIGHT,
THE WEATHER
WAS
GENERALLY FINE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 29.
NORTHERN PART OF MEANWHILE, AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE
THIS LUZON WAS MOVING STEADILY WESTWARDS, CLOUD BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH
KONG ON AREA OF LOW PRESSURE BROUGHT SOME LIGHT RAIN PATCHES TO HONG SEPTEMBER 30.
DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, NO AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED DUE ADVERSE WEATHER. THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 5, 13, 15, 16, 17, 23 AND 24 .
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