SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1994
IN THE FIRST
FIVE
MONTHS
AMOUNTED
ΤΟ 266.7
RAINFALL MILLIMETRES, 57 PER CENT BELOW THE NORMAL OF 616.5 MILLIMETRES FOR THE
SAME PERIOD.
HOWEVER, GUANGDONG, THE HEAVY RAIN AND
THE MONTH STARTED WITH MAINLY FINE AND WARM WEATHER. WITH THE MOVING IN OF A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE FROM WEATHER BECAME UNSETTLED ON MAY 3 WITH WIDESPREAD INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS.
AREAS.
DAILY RAINFALL OF OVER 80 MILLIMETRES FELL IN THE URBAN THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOUR OCCURRED IN THE RUSH HOURS OF THE MORNING.
MORE THAN 60 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED WITHIN HOUR AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY HEADQUARTERS BETWEEN 8 AM AND 9 AM.
ONE
EIGHTY-THREE FLOODING REPORTS WERE RECEIVED OVER THE TERRITORY. THE PEAK TRAM SERVICE WAS DISRUPTED FOR ONE-AND-A-HALF HOUR BECAUSE OF A FALLEN TREE BLOCKING THE TRACK NEAR THE MACDONNELL ROAD STATION.
COAST
THUNDERSTORMS
THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE LINGERED OVER THE SOUTH CHINA THE WEATHER STAYED OVERCAST WITH RAIN AND ISOLATED ON MAY 4.
AND
FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE
OF THE TROUGH,
RAIN EASED OFF THAT
EVENING.
NORTHERLY AIRSTREAM THE ARRIVAL OF A RELATIVELY COOL AND DRY
LOWEST BEHIND THE TROUGH BROUGHT THE TEMPERATURE DOWN TO THE MONTH'S OF 21.1 DEGREES EARLY ON MAY 5.
THE
THE DRY AIR CLEARED THE CLOUDS AND THE DAY BECAME SUNNY.
AND WAS GRADUALLY DID NOT LAST LONG COOLER
AIRSTREAM CONTINENTAL REPLACED BY A MARITIME AIRFLOW.
APART FROM A GENERALLY
TEMPERATURES ROSE STEADILY IN THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.
DURING THESE FEW DAYS WAS
FINE DAY ON MAY 8, THE WEATHER CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS.
11 AS A CHINA
DISTURBED WEATHER RETURNED TO THE TERRITORY ON MAY RESULT OF THE ARRIVAL OF A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE TO THE SOUTH COAST.
HONG KONG ISLAND
HEAVY THUNDERY SHOWERS DEVELOPED OVER THE WHERE MORE THAN 50 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED.
AND 14.
WEATHER STARTED TO IMPROVE ON MAY 12 AND TURNED FINE ON MAY
THE APPROACH OF ANOTHER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH THUNDERY SHOWERS ON MAY 15. THE WEAKENED AND THE WEATHER TURNED FINE ON THE NEXT DAY.
UNDER A BRILLIANTLY SUNNY SKY, TEMPERATURES
MONTH'S HIGHEST OF 32.9 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON.
13
AGAIN BROUGHT TROUGH SOON
CLIMBED ΤΟ THE
THE WEATHER REMAINED FINE THE FOLLOWING MORNING BUT BECAME VERY UNSTABLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
/SEVEN SQUALLS