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SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 1989
ALSO
IN RESULTED
SOME
SHOWERS AND THE
ISOLATED HEAT
JULY 5. THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ON
RECORDED AT THE ROYAL 33.7 OF
DEGREES MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OBSERVATORY ON JULY 7 WAS THE HIGHEST SO FAR THIS YEAR.
THE
AND
ON JULY 9, TROPICAL STORM FAYE ENTERED THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
AT 3.50 PM. OUTER RAINBANDS THE STAND BY SIGNAL NO. 1 WAS HOISTED
THE WEATHER REMAINED BEGAN TO AFFECT HONG KONG EARLY ON JULY 10 AND CLOUDY WITH PERIODS OF RAIN DURING THE DAY,
A THREAT THE WEATHER ALSO
WITH FAYE MOVING TOWARDS HAINAN AND NO LONGER POSING
PM. AT 4 TO HONG KONG, ALL SIGNALS WERE LOWERED BEGAN TO IMPROVE ON JULY 11.
AND PERSISTED FINE WEATHER RETURNED DURING THE DAY ON JULY 12
SOUTH CHINA SEA. THE UNTIL JULY 16 WHEN TYPHOON GORDON ENTERED THE
ALSO
THE
OF NECESSITATED
HOISTING
THE POTENTIAL THREAT OF GORDON STAND BY SIGNAL NO. 1 AT 10 AM THAT DAY.
STRONG
WITH GORDON MOVING CLOSER TO THE SOUTH CHINA COAST, THE
WINDS BEGAN TO WIND SIGNAL NO. 3 WAS HOISTED AT 4.45 AM ON JULY 17. STRENGTHEN THAT MORNING AND THE WEATHER DETERIORATED.
OR
STORM
SIGNAL
NO.
8 NORTHEAST
WAS WINDS AFFECTED
AT 5.30 PM. THE GALE HOISTED AS GORDON CONTINUED TO MOVE CLOSER. GALE TO STORM FORCE AND OVERCAST CONDITIONS WITH OCCASIONAL SQUALLY SHOWERS THEN THE TERRITORY THAT EVENING AND THE NEXT DAY.
THE NO. 8 NORTHEAST SIGNAL WAS REPLACED BY THE NO. 8
THE SOUTHWEST SIGNAL AT 3 AM ON JULY 18 AS GORDON MOVED TO KONG.
SOUTHEAST OF HONG
THE DIMINISHING,
NO. 8 SOUTHEAST WITH THE THREAT OF GORDON
9.10 AM. ALL SIGNAL WAS REPLACED BY THE STRONG WIND SIGNAL NO. 3 AT
HOWEVER. THE WEATHER IN SIGNALS WERE LOWERED AT 2 PM ON THAT DAY. HONG KONG REMAINED OVERCAST WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THAT EVENING.
CONDITIONS GRADUALLY
FURTHER INLAND. APART
ON IMPROVED
JULY 19 AS GORDON MOVED
SOME
TURNED FROM
SHOWERS, ISOLATED
WEATHER GENERALLY FINE BETWEEN JULY 20 AND 22.
WAS MEANWHILE, OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, TROPICAL STORM IRVING
RAINBANDS BROUGHT CLOUDY ITS PERIPHERAL MOVING TOWARDS VIETNAM. CONDITIONS AND OCCASIONAL SHOWERS TO HONG KONG ON JULY 23 AND 24.
A MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY AIRSTREAM KEPT THE SKY WITH SOME SUNNY PERIODS FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS.
GENERALLY CLOUDY
OF A TROUGH OF LOW ON THE EVENING OF JULY 28. THE APPROACH
AND CONDITIONS
OF PERIODS PRESSURE FROM THE NORTH BROUGHT OVERCAST
COAST EARLY RAIN. THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE PASSED THE SOUTH CHINA ON JULY 29.
/COOLER AIR