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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1988
A TOTAL OF 110 HILL CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL PUBLIC PLANTATION LAND WERE
ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT EXCEPTIONALLY DRY, FIRES OCCURRED ON THAT DAY WHICH WAS A HOLIDAY. ONE THOUSAND TREES AND 97 HECTARES OF SCORCHED, THE FINE WEATHER CONTINUED ON OCTOBER 20.
SEVERE TROPICAL
SOUTH
STORM PAT ENTERED THE ON OCTOBER 21 + CHINA SEA AFTER SWEEPING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PHILIPPINES.
WAS
8.50 AM. AS PAT WINDS BEGAN TO 3 WAS HOISTED
HOISTED AT THE STAND BY SIGNAL NO. 1 CONTINUED TO MOVE ON A WEST-NORTHWESTWARD COURSE, STRENGTHEN THAT EVENING AND THE STRONG WIND SIGNAL NO. AT 10.45 PM.
THE WEATHER ALSO TURNED CLOUDY WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN OFFSHORE BECAME STRONG OVERNIGHT.
OVERCAST SKIES AND OCCASIONAL RAIN PREVAILED THE PAT TRAVERSED THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
AND WINDS
NEXT DAY AS
ALL SIGNALS WERE NORTHERN VIETNAM OVER HONG
AS IT NO LONGER POSED A THREAT TO HONG KONG, LOWERED AT 3.45 PM. ALTHOUGH PAT MADE LANDFALL OVER
PRESISTED CONDITIONS ON OCTOBER 23, THE CLOUDY AND RAINY KONG.
RUBY,
FINE WEATHER RETURNED ON OCTOBER 24 BUT A VERY INTENSE TYPHOON, WAS APPROACHING SOUTHERN LUZON FROM THE PACIFIC.
IN
THE
RUBY PHILIPPINES, AFTER WREAKING HAVOC SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING THE DAY ON OCTOBER 25.
ENTERED
THE
THE
GENERALLY AFFECT HONG
THE STAND BY SIGNAL NO. 1 WAS HOISTED AT 4.10 PM. ALTHOUGH
THE THE
WEATHER REMAINED WINDS
FROM FRESHENED
NORTH, FINE. HOWEVER, CLOUD BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH RUBY BEGAN TO KONG THE NEXT DAY.
FOR ABOUT 12 HOURS, RUBY AFTER REMAINING ALMOST STATIONARY
THE SOUTH CHINA SEA TOOK ON A WEST-NORTHWESTWARD COURSE AGAIN OVER LATER IN THE DAY ON OCTOBER 26. THIS NECESSITATED THE HOISTING OF STRONG WIND SIGNAL NO. 3 AT 10.45 PM.
OVERNIGHT, THE WEATHER TURNED OVERCAST WITH LIGHT WERE STRONG OFFSHORE THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE NEXT DAY.
AS RUBY BEGAN TO MOVE FURTHER AWAY FROM HONG KONG,
WERE LOWERED AT 5 AM ON TO SUBSIDE AND ALL SIGNALS HOWEVER, OVERCAST AND RAINY CONDITIONS PREVAILED.
THE
RAIN. WINDS
WINDS BEGAN OCTOBER
28.
MEANWHILE, A SURGE OF THE CHINA COAST ON THE MORNING OF AGAIN.
REACHED MONSOON WINTER
THE
28, OCTOBER
STRENGTHENING THE
SOUTH WINDS
THE WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY TO OVERCAST
THE ΜΟΝΤΗ. WHICH PERSISTED TILL THE END OF GUSTY ON OCTOBER 30.
WITH OCCASIONAL WINDS CONTINUED
RAIN
TO
BE
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