RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
FUELS
CAPITAL GOODS
ALL COMMODITIES
I
5
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1989
12
7
5
24
15
442
7
406
119
1
117
26
6
20
44
7
35
31
7
23
36
6
28
* INSIGNIFICANT. I.E. LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT
WARM WEATHER IN SEPTEMBER
ON
THE MONTH'S MEAN SEPTEMBER ON THE WHOLE WAS RATHER WARM WITH
HIGHEST BEING THE FOURTH CELSIUS DEGREES TEMPERATURE OF 28.1
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE. RECORD FOR SEPTEMBER AND THE MEAN BEING THE FIFTH HIGHEST.
OF AMOUNT
26 DEGREES,
MILLIMETRES, THE ROYAL
THE TOTAL RAINFALL IN SEPTEMBER AMOUNTED TO 228.1
MILLIMETRES, 320.4 71 PER CENT OF THE NORMAL OBSERVATORY SAID IN ITS REPORT ON THE MONTH'S WEATHER TODAY (SUNDAY).
WAS 1,868.9 MILLIMETRES, SINCE JANUARY 1. THE TOTAL RAINFALL
FOR THE NINE PER CENT BELOW THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 2.043.5 MILLIMETRES SAME PERIOD.
THE APART FROM A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS, THE WEATHER WAS FINE ON
A TROUGH OF LOW OF THE APPROACH SEPTEMBER. FIRST THREE DAYS OF
4. ON SEPTEMBER IN
SHOWERS SOME PRESSURE FROM THE NORTH RESULTED CLOUD AMOUNTS ALSO INCREASED THE NEXT DAY.
THE
RAIN BECAME MORE FREQUENT ON THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 6 AS
THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED TROUGH MOVED CLOSER TO THE SOUTH CHINA COAST. THAT NIGHT AND THE NEXT MORNING.
IMPROVED ON SEPTEMBER
४ AND FINE
THE WEATHER GRADUALLY
CLOUDS ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS. HIGH
EARLY ON SEPTEMBER WITH TYPHOON SARAH BEGAN TO AFFECT THE TERRITORY 12. THE WEATHER REMAINED GENERALLY CLOUDY FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS SOME LIGHT RAIN PATCHES ALSO OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 14 AND 15.
AND
THE NORTHERN PART RAIN AND OCCASIONAL PRESSURE LOW REGION
BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 16 AND 22, PRESSURE OVER
PERSISTENTLY LOW. OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA WAS
THIS WITH THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED AFFECTED HONG KONG THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PERIOD.
BROAD
OF
/WEATHER BEGAN