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SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1987

CUMULATIVE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY AMOUNTED TO 995.7

WAS 77 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE SAME PERIOD. FREQUENT AND OCCURRED ON 12 DAYS IN MAY.

MM,

WHICH

THUNDERSTORMS

WERE

A WATERSPOUT WAS SIGHTED OFF THE COAST OF LAI CHI KOK NEAR FOO SUN CHUEN ON MAY 16.

MEI

ON

IT WAS HOT AND SUNNY ON MAY 1 BUT THE WEATHER TURNED CLOUDY

OF MAY 3 AS A COLD MAY 2. THUNDERSTORMS BROKE OUT ON THE MORNING

WINDS STRENGTHENED FROM THE FRONT SWEPT SOUTHWARDS PAST HONG KONG.

LIGHT RAIN AND RESULTING IN EAST IN THE LATE AFTERNOON FALLING TEMPERATURES.

BRINGING

MAY 5 WHEN A RECORDED, THE LOWEST

COOL, WET AND WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUED UNTIL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 19.9 DEGREE CELSIUS WAS OF THE MONTH.

AS WINDS VEERED TO THE SOUTHEAST ON MAY 6, MIST AND FOG SET IN

M AND 200

AT THE ROYAL TO 1,200 M REDUCED WITH VISIBILITIES

OF MAY 7. OBSERVATORY AND WAGLAN ISLAND RESPECTIVELY ON THE MORNING

AND KONG

EVENING IN THE FOLLOWING THUNDERY SHOWERS AFFECTED HONG CONTINUED UNTIL THE AFTERNOON OF MAY 8.

CAPSIZED OVER THE

A 20-METRE CHINESE CARGO SHIP "JIANGJI 20" WATERS OFF CAPE D'AGUILAR AND TWO CREWMEN WERE INJURED.

FROM MAY 11

SUNNY THE WEATHER IMPROVED WITH SUNNY PERIODS ON MAY 9 AND 10.

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WITH AFTERNOON 13, AND HOT CONDITIONS PREVAILED

MAY 13, THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES RISING TO 30.5 DEGREE CELSIUS ON

THE WEATHER REMAINED FINE ON MAY 14 AND 15. RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR.

AN ACTIVE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTH CHINA GAVE RISE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN HONG KONG ON MAY 16,

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CHI KOK NEAR PRESS REPORTS, THE 6-METRE FISHING BOAT AND IN THE AREA WERE ALSO

A WATERSPOUT WAS REPORTED OFF THE WATERS OF LAI MEI FOO SUN CHUEN AT ABOUT 1:30 PM. ACCORDING TO WATERSPOUT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SINKING A INJURING TWO PEOPLE. WINDOWS IN SOME HOUSES DAMAGED AND A 10-METRE TREE WAS FELLED.

IN KENNEDY TOWN, SEVEN AFTER BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING KWAI CHUNG AND MT.

HUTS

NICHOLSON.

WOODEN

BY FIRE IN WHILE MINOR LANDSLIPS OCCURRED HEAVY AND SQUALLY THUNDERY SHOWERS

DESTROYED WERE

CONTINUED INTO THE NIGHT.

THE RAIN BECAME LESS

HAD

DURING THE NEXT DAY HEAVY

AFTER WITH COOLER EASTERLIES KONG. OF HONG TROUGH

PASSED SOUTH

THE WEATHER ESTABLISHED OVER THE TERRITORY IN THE FOLLOWING TWO DAYS, REMAINED CLOUDY WITH LIGHT RAIN.

THE

/THE RETURN