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LUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1986

ON SEPTEMBER 4, TYPHOON WAYNE MOVED WEST-NORTHWESTWARDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, BRINGING FREQUENT SQUALLY SHOWERS AND STRONG EASTERLY WINDS TO THE TERRITORY.

WINDS REMAINED STRONG UNTIL THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 5. AND AT TIMES REACHED GALE FORCE OFFSHORE. STRONG WINDS SUBSIDED IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN WAYNE ACCELERATED WESTWARDS ACROSS BEI BU WAN AND MOVED FARTHER AWAY FROM HONG KONG.

HOWEVER, SHOWERS WHICH WERE OCCASIONALLY HEAVY PERSISTED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 7 WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 6.

THE WEATHER IMPROVED WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ON SEPTEMBER 8 AND 9 WHEN A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILED OVER SOUTH CHINA, SUNNY AND HOT CONDITIONS CONTINUED FOR THE NEXT SIX DAYS.

THERE WAS A DETERIORATION IN THE AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 16 WHEN HEAVY AND THUNDERY SHOWERS AFFECTED THE TERRITORY. RAINFALL OF 72.0 MM WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY BETWEEN 2 PM AND

8 PM. ELEVEN CASES OF FLOODING WERE REPORTED IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES. IN TSZ WAN SHAN, FIVE PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN FLOODING ON SHA TIN PASS ROAD.

DRY CONTINENTAL AIR FROM AN ANTICYCLONE OVER NORTH CHINA REACHED HONG KONG IN THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 16. WINDS TURNED NORTHERLY AND THE WEATHER BECAME FINE THE NEXT DAY.

UNDER THE COMBINED EFFECT OF THE ANTICYCLONE OVER CHINA AND TYPHOON ABBY WHICH WAS NEAR TAIWAN ON SEPTEMBER 18, NORTHERLY WINDS STRENGTHENED OVER HONG KONG DURING THE NIGHT. ONE MAN WAS DROWNED AFTER HIS ROWING-BOAT CAPSIZED IN STRONG WINDS IN TSUEN WAN

FRESH TO STRONG WINDS PREVAILED UNTIL THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 20, BRINGING COOLER, FINE AND VERY DRY WEATHER TO THE TERRITORY. THE TEMPERATURE ON SEPTEMBER 20 DROPPED TO 23.6 DEGREES CELSIUS, THE LOWEST OF THE MONTH,

WINDS MODERATED ON SEPTEMBER 21 AND GRADUALLY VEERED TO THE EAST, FINE AND SUNNY WEATHER CONTINUED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 27 EXCEPT FOR SOME CLOUDY PERIODS AND ISOLATED SHOWERES ON SEPTEMBER 25.

ON SEPTEMBER 28, THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAD DEVELOPED OVER GUANGDONG MOVED SOUTHWARDS TO AFFECT HONG KONG IN THE AFTERNOON. CLOUDY AND RAINY CONDITIONS CONTINUED INTO THE NIGHT BUT THE WEATHER IMPROVED WITH SUNNY PERIODS THE NEXT DAY.

A WEAK SURGE OF WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED ON SEPTEMBER 30 AND THE WEATHER BECAME COOLER AND DRIER.

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