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MEANWHILE, A TROPICAL CYCLONE NAMED TASHA ENTERED THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ON AUGUST 18. ITS CIRCULATION DREW IN DRY CONTINENTAL AIR FROM THE NORTH. RAIN CEASED AND THE WEATHER BECAME FINE AND HOT.
AS TASHA APPROACHED, WINDS FRESHENED FROM THE NORTHEAST EARLY ON AUGUST 19. CLOUDINESS INCREASED AND INTERMITTENT SQUALLY SHOWERS BEGAN TO AFFECT THE TERRITORY THAT AFTERNOON.
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STORMY
THE WEATHER DETERIORATED FURTHER ON AUGUST 20 AS TASHA MOVED
WIND REACHED GALE FORCE OFFSHORE IN THE AFTERNOON AND THE
WEATHER PERSISTED INTO THE NIGHT.,
THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 25.0 DEGREES RECORDED ON THE DAY WAS THE LOWEST IN AUGUST.
WINDS GRADUALLY DIED DOWN THE NEXT DAY BUT THE WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY WITH SQUALLY SHOWERS AND PERIODS OF RAIN. THE PASSAGE OF TASHA BROUGHT ABOUT 40 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN TO THE TERRITORY,
AS TASHA MOVED OVER LAND AND WEAKENED, THE WEATHER IMPROVED RAPIDLY ON AUGUST 22.
THIS MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A SPELL OF GENERALLY FINE AND HOT WEATHER IN THE LATTER PART OF AUGUST THOUGH THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF CLOUDINESS TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH.
DURING THE PERIOD, THERE WERE TIMES WHEN SMOG AND HAZE FORMED A RESULT OF LIGHT WINDS. VISIBILITY WAS PARTICULARLY POOR ON AUGUST 25, DROPPING TO 3,500 METRES INSIDE THE HARBOUR.
AS
THERE WERE ALTOGETHER SEVEN TROPICAL CYCLONES OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN AUGUST.
ADVERSE
DURING THE MONTH, SEVEN AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED BECAUSE OF WEATHER. DETAILS OF THE ISSUANCE/HOISTING AND CANCELLATION/LOWERING OF VARIOUS WARNINGS/SIGNALS IN THE MONTH ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 1.1.
MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL AUGUST ARE TABULATED IN TABLE 1.2.
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/TABLE 1.1