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WEATHER IN MAY MAINLY FINE

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SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1974

THE WEATHER IN MAY WAS WARMER, SUNNIER AND DRIER THAN USUAL, AND THE TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 203.7 MM, WHICH WAS 30 PER CENT BELOW NORMAL.

ACCORDING TO A MONTHLY WEATHER ROUNDUP ISSUED TODAY BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, THE WEATHER BETWEEN MAY 5 AND 24 WAS MAINLY FINE, WITH ONLY CLOUDY INTERVALS AND BRIEF PATCHES OF MORNING RAIN ON SEVERAL DAYS.

HOWEVER, THE WEATHER BECAME UNSETTLED LATER ON IN THE MONTH, AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORM OCCURRED ON THE MORNING OF MAY 30, CAUSING THE DEATH OF THREE CAMPERS ON LANTAO ISLAND.

A TOTAL OF EIGHT THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WAS ISSUED LAST MONTH.

NO AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED IN THE PERIOD DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER, AND NO FIRE DANGER WARNINGS WERE ISSUED.

THE ONLY TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMED DURING THE MONTH, TYPHOON +CARLA+, WAS LOCATED TO THE SOUTHEAST OF GUAM AND DID NOT AFFECT HONG KONG

THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF 32.6 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON MAY 23, AND THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 21 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON MAY 3.

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

A FULL WEATHER REPORT FOR MAY, PREPARED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, IS BOXED SEPARATELY TODAY.

PINNACLE OF ROCK IN ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER

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MASTERS AND OPERATORS OF VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO PROCEED WITH CAUTION WHEN NAVIGATING IN THE VICINITY OF THE ABERDEEN SOUTH TYPHOON SHELTER TO AVOID HITTING THE PINNACLE OF A ROCK.

IN A NOTICE PUBLISHED TODAY CSATURDAY), THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT A ROCK WITH A LEAST DEPTH OF FIVE FEET EXISTS IN THE TYPHOON SHELTER AT A POSITION APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET NORTH-WESTWARD OF THE ABERDEEN SOUTH PORT HAND FAIRWAY BUOY OFF PAK SHA WAN.

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