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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1981

THREE TROPICAL CYCLONES DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

ON OCTOBER 3, TYPHOON ELSIE BECAME EXTRA-TROPICAL EAST OF HOKKAIDO. ON OCTOBER 12 TROPICAL STORM FABIAN FORMED NEAR THE CENTRAL PHILIPPINES AND MOVED OVER VIETNAM TWO DAYS LATER, TYPHOON GAY, ORIGINATING SOUTHEAST OF GUAM ON OCTOBER 14, RECURVED NEAR OKINAWA SIX DAYS LATER, AND PASSED OVER TOKYO ON OCTOBER 22, BRINGING ALONG HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING, UNTIL IT BECAME EXTRA-TROPICAL SOUTHEAST OF HOKKAIDO ON OCTÓBER 23.

EARLIER, ON OCTOBER 1, THERE WERE STRONG EAST-SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OFFSHORE AND SOME SHOWERS DURING THE DAY, BEFORE THE WINDS MODERATED.

THE WEATHER REMAINED UNSETTLED BETWEEN OCTOBER 2 AND 6 WITH FREQUENT SHOWERS OCCURRING, WHILE AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVED WESTWARDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

WINDS STRENGTHENED FROM THE EAST ON OCTOBER 3 AND REMAINED STRONG FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS.

A FREIGHTER RAN AGROUND AND SANK OFF MIRS BAY LATE ON OCTOBER 4 AND THE CREW ON BOARD WERE ALL SAVED.

SHOWERS ON OCTOBER 5 WERE HEAVIEST IN THE EARLY MORNING, BRINGING 37.4 MM OF RAINFALL BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM.

A FIVE-TONNE BOULDER ROLLED DOWN A HILLSIDE ADJOINING CHING CHEUNG ROAD AROUND 7.30 AM THAT DAY, AND MADE A SEVEN-SQUARE METRE HOLE IN A CLASSROOM WALL, BUT NO ONE WAS INJURED.

MINOR LANDSLIPS WERE REPORTED IN SAU MAU PING ON OCTOBER 4 AND IN TSZ WAN SHAN ON OCTOBER 5. WINDS TURNED SOUTHEASTERLY ON OCTOBER 5 AND MODERATED, BUT STRENGTHENED AGAIN OFFSHORE FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON OCTOBER 6.

THE WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY THE FOLLOWING DAY, BUT BECAME SUNNY AND HOT ON OCTOBER B WITH TEMPERATURES RISING TO A MAXIMUM OF 30.8 DEGREES CELSIUS, THE HIGHEST OF THE MONTH.

A COLD FRONT PASSED SOUTH ACROSS HONG KONG EARLY ON OCTOBER 9 BRINGING STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND COOLER WEATHER. WINDS SUBSIDED THE NEXT DAY BUT IT REMAINED CLOUDY.

APART FROM TRACES OF RAIN EARLY ON OCTOBER 15, THE WEATHER

WAS SUNNY AND WARM BETWEEN OCTOBER 11 AND 18.

ON OCTOBER 19, THE WEATHER BECAME CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND SOME RAIN NEXT DAY AND TURNED SUNNY AGAIN ON OCTOBER 21 AND 22.

AN INTENSE COLD FRONT ARRIVED IN THE AFTERNOON ON OCTOBER 22 AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS BROUGHT MUCH COOLER WEATHER. ON OCTOBER 23, TEMPERATURES FELL SHARPLY DURING THE DAY, TO A MINIMUM OF 6.0 DEGREES CELSIUS AT TATE'S CAIRN AND 11.9 DEGREES CELSIUS AT CHEK LAP KOK. THERE WAS SOME RAIN AND SUSTY #IND.

„EMPERATURES FELL