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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1985

AS TESS MOVED CLOSER TO HONG KONG ON SEPTEMBER 5. THE WEATHER DETERIORATED FURTHER, WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS.

GALE FORCE WINDS AFFECTED HONG KONG DURING THE EARLY MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 6. THERE WERE FREQUENT SQUALLY HEAVY SHOWERS BRINGING THE DAILY RAINFALL RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY TO 114.3 MM WHICH WAS MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE MONTH'S TOTAL.

TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 12 PEOPLE WERE INJURED DURING THE APPROACH OF TESS. THERE WERE LANDSL IPS AND FLOODS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG, AIR TRAFFIC AND FERRY SERVICES WERE BOTH AFFECTED.

FINE AND SUNNY WEATHER RETURNED DURING THE DAY ON SEPTEMBER 7, BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS OCCURRED LATER IN THE EVENING.

APART FROM SOME BRIEF SUNNY INTERVALS, SHOWERY WEATHER CONTINUED ON SEPTEMBER 8.

THE WEATHER WAS FIRST FINE ON SEPTEMBER 9. IT BECAME CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS LATER. STRONG EASTERLY WINDS WERE EXPERIENCED OFFSHORE IN THE AFTERNOON.

WINDS MODERATED EARLY ON SEPTEMBER 10, BUT THE WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERY SHOWERS.

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTH CHINA BROUGHT MAINLY FINE WEATHER TO HONG KONG FROM SEPTEMBER 11 TO 17.

AS TROPICAL STORM VAL MOVED WEST ACROSS THE BASHI CHANNEL INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ON SEPTEMBER 18, THE WEATHER TURNED CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS.

ON SEPTEMBER 19 THE WEATHER WAS FINE AT FIRST BUT BECAME CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS LATER IN THE EVENING.

CLOUDY WEATHER WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS CONTINUED IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 20.

A WATERSPOUT WAS SIGHTED OVER THE SEA SOUTH OF WONG MA KOK, STANLEY PENINSULA AT 9.35 AM ON SEPTEMBER 21.

APART FROM SOME SUNNY INTERVALS, THE WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FROM SEPTEMBER 22 TO 25.

THE WEATHER TURNED FINE AND SUNNY ON SEPTEMBER 26 AND EARLY ON SEPTEMBER 27, BUT IT BECAME CLOUDY WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN PATCHES DURING THE EVENING ON SEPTEMBER 27.

CLOUDY CONDITIONS CONTINUED ON SEPTEMBER 28 AND 29 AND THERE WERE SCATTERED SHOWERS, HEAVY AT TIMES,

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