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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1985

MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE

MEAN DEW POINT

TOTAL EVAPORATION

25.1 DEGREES = 0.1 DEGREE CELSIUS BELOW

CELSIUS

NORMAL

23.6 DEGREES = 0.4 DEGREE CELSIUS ABOVE

CELSIUS

NORMAL

106.4 MM = 52.5 MM BELOW NORMAL

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 32.7 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 4.

MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 22.7 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 29.

9 STORMS FORM OVER PACIFIC IN SEPTEMBER

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NINE TROPICAL CYCLONES OCCURRED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA LAST MONTH, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORTS.

TYPHOON PAT BECAME AN EXTRA-TROPICAL CYCLONE JUST EAST OF HOKKAIDO ON SEPTEMBER 1.

SEVERE TROPICAL STORM RUBY ALSO BECAME AN EXTRA-TROPICAL CYCLONE ABOUT 480 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF HOKKAIDO ON SEPTEMBER 1.

TYPHOON ODESSA DISSIPATED ABOUT 100 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH OF TOKYO EARLY ON SEPTEMBER 2.

SEVERE TROPICAL STORM SKIP, WHICH FORMED LATE IN AUGUST TO THE EAST OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, RECURVED ABOUT 700 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHWEST OF MIDWAY ISLAND ON SEPTEMBER 5. IT BECAME A TYPHOON TWO DAYS LATER AND CONTINUED MOVING NORTHEASTWARDS. ON SEPTEMBER 8 IT CROSSED THE DATE-LINE INTO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC ABOUT 580 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH OF MIDWAY ISLAND.

TESS DEVELOPED AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ABOUT 390 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF MANILA ON SEPTEMBER 2. IT MOVED WEST-NORTHWESTWARDS ACROSS LUZON THE NEXT DAY AND INTENSIFIED INTO A TYPHOON OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ON SEPTEMBER 5. TESS CROSSED THE CHINA COAST NEAR YANGJIANG EARLY ON SEPTEMBER 6 AND CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN WESTERN GUANGDONG. IT DISSIPATED NEAR NANNING THE NEXT DAY.

TROPICAL STORM VAL FORMED ABOUT 730 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF TAIPEI ON SEPTEMBER 15. IT MOVED NORTHWESTWARDS AND THEN WESTWARDS THROUGH THE BASHI CHANNEL ON SEPTEMBER 17. TWO PEOPLE IN TAIWAN WERE MISSING IN FLOODS CAUSED BY VAL. IT DISSIPATED ABOUT 110 NAUTICAL MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF DONGSHA EARLY ON SEPTEMBER 18.

WINONA FORMED