- 2
ALTHOUGH THRRE
WERK
STILL
LONG
PERIODS
SHOWERS WERE SLIGHTLY HEAVIER DURING THE PERIOD AND BY SOME THUNDERSTORMS ON JULY 21,
JULY
24
AND
THE
OF SUNSHINE,
WERE ACCOMPANIED
A AFTER
BURST
OF
THE EASTERLIES MODERATED ON DOWNPOUR IN THE EARLY HOURS, THE WEATHER IMPROVED DURING THE DAY.
BY
THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY TWO SUNNY AND RAIN-FREE DAYS
DAY-HEATING TRIGGERED THUNDERSTORMS AFTERNOON OF JULY 27.
INTENSE
BEFORE RETURNED ON
SOME
THE
MEANWHILE,
MAJOR
DISTURBANCE
WAS
BREWING
OVER
'THE
TO
A NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. IT GRADUALLY INTENSIFIED A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM NAMED TASHA TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH.
AND CLOUDIER
THERE WERE LOCALLY, THE WRATHER WAS NOTICEABLY
AND 29. AS TASHA SOME SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON JULY 28 ADOPTED A NORTHWARD TRACK AND MOVED TOWARDS THE SOUTH CHINA PERIODS OF JULY 30, THE WEATHER DETERIORATED FURTHER WITH SQUALLS AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY
RAIN
COAST ON
AND
WINDS.
LOCAL
WITH TASHA LANDING OVER EASTERN GUANGDONG AND WEAKENING, WINDS GRADUALLY SUBSIDED ON JULY 31.
SHOWERS SQUALLY
LOWEST
IN
SOUTHWESTERLIES HOWEVER, DUE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MOIST
PERSISTED AND WERE HEAVY THE THE WAKE OF TASHA,
OF THE MONTH, TEMPERATURE
23.8 AND THUNDERY AT TIMES. THE DEGREES, OCCURRED EARLY THAT MORNING IN RAIN.
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AIRCRAFT WERE EFFECT
FOUR TROPICAL CYCLONES FORMED OVER THE AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN JULY. DURING THE MONTH, TWO DIVERTED DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER. THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE IN
AND 31. FLOOD ON JULY 3, 4, 12 TO 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 27 TO 29,
13, 14 AND 31. WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON JULY
WEATHER SYSTEM
SIGNALS HOISTED DURING THE MONTH WERE AS FOLLOWS:
SIGNAL
DATE AND TIME OF HOISTING
DATE AND TIME OF LOWERING
SEVERE
TROPICAL
STORM TASHA
1
3
JULY 28
9.20 AM
JULY 30
1.45 PM
JULY 30
1.45 PM
JULY 31 1.30 PM
THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE:
TOTAL BRIGHT
SUNSHINE
MEAN DAILY GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION
248.0 HOURS ; 17.1 HOURS ABOVE NORMAL
;
17.62 MJ/SQ, METRE 1.67 MJ/SQ. METRE
BELOW NORMAL
/TOTAL RAINFALL