SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1991
TREES.
MINOR
NO SERIOUS
LOCALLY, THERE WERE SOME ISOLATED INCIDENTS OF LANDSLIP,
AND TOPPLED SCAFFOLDING, COLLAPSED FLOODING, CASUALTIES WERE REPORTED.
AND THE WINDS
RAIN SUBSIDED,
AS FRED MOVED AWAY EASED OFF ON AUGUST 17. WEATHER TURNED FINE BUT MISTY IN THE WEEK TO FOLLOW, THE WEATHER WAS A HAZE, AND THUNDERY SHOWERS.
GRADUALLY
THE NEXT DAY. SUNNY PERIODS,
OF MIXTURE
IN OCCURRED
THE MORNING OF DISSIPATED TROPICAL CYCLONE AREAS. MINOR CHINA COASTAL
FIVE VEHICLES WATER. A
DOWNPOUR SIGNIFICANT THE MOST
WITH A AUGUST 21 AS CLOUDS ASSOCIATED
ACROSS THE SOUTH NAMED ELLIE DRIFTED FLOODING OCCURRED IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES. WERE SWEPT DOWN A MAIN NULLAH IN TSUEN WAN BY RUSHING FLOOD BUILDING IN A KWAI CHUNG HOUSING ESTATE WAS STRUCK AND THE CEILING OF THE TOP FLOOR WAS DAMAGED.
BY A THUNDERBOLT
LIGHT WINDS AND
SHOWERS GRADUALLY DIED OUT ON AUGUST 21, BUT HAZE LED TO POOR VISIBILITY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AT ONE STAGE, VISIBILITY WAS DOWN TO TWO TO THREE KILOMETRES INSIDE THE HARBOUR.
THE
AND
LOCALLY
AN EASTERLY AIRSTREAM BROUGHT CLEARER WEATHER ON AUGUST 26
28,
AND TWO HEAVY, 27. WINDS BECAME LIGHT AGAIN ON AUGUST DEVELOPED SHOWERS OCCURRED IN THE EARLY HOURS AND AROUND NOON.
CLOUDY WEATHER THEN PREVAILED
TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH.
BEFORE
TURNING GENERALLY
FINE
WEATHER IN
13,
EFFECT
ON
THERE WERE 17 AIRCRAFT DIVERSIONS DUE TO INCLEMENT AUGUST. THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON AUGUST 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, AND 26. FLOOD WARNINGS WERE IN
+ AUGUST 11, 12, 15, 21, AND 25.
SIGNALS HOISTED DURING THE MONTH WERE AS FOLLOWS:
WEATHER SYSTEM
SIGNAL
TYPHOON FRED
1 3
DATE & TIME
OF HOISTING
DATE & TIME
OF LOWERING
AUGUST 13 11.15 PM 7.10 PM AUGUST 14
AUGUST 14 7.10 PM 5 AM AUGUST 16
THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE:
TOTAL BRIGHT SUNSHINE
MEAN DAILY GLOBAL
SOLAR RADIATION
TOTAL RAINFALL
MEAN AMOUNT OF CLOUD
163.2 HOURS ; 43.8 HOURS BELOW NORMAL
14.28 MJ/SQ.M. ; 3.33 MJ/SQ.M. BELOW
NORMAL
302.3 MM ; 89.1 MM BELOW NORMAL
65 PER CENT ;
1 PER CENT LESS THAN NORMAL
MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY
82 PER CENT 1 PER CENT HIGHER THAN
NORMAL
/MEAN DAILY
+