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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1987

MODERATE TO

ON

SKY CLOUDY NEXT DAY A8 THE

FRESH BASTERLY

WINDS

FINE BECAME

KEPT THE THE

OCTOBER 9. HOWEVER, THE WEATHER EASTERLY WINDS SLACKENED.

BOME

FINE WEATHER PREVAILED BETWEEN OCTOBER 10 AND 14 ALTHOUGH

11 AND 12. PLENTY OF BRIEF SHOWERS OCCURRED OVERNIGHT ON OCTOBER

11 TO SUNSHINE AND SOUTHERLY WINDS CAUSED THE TEMPERATURE ON OCTOBER REACH 30.7 DEGREES, WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST DURING THE MONTH.

COAST ON OCTOBER 15. A COLD FRONT REACHED THE SOUTH CHINA

ARRIVAL. AFTER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER HONG KONG HERALDED ITS

OCTOBER 16 THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT, THE WEATHER TURNED FINE ON AND REMAINED SO UNTIL OCTOBER 17.

WEATHER SOUTH OF

AS ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST ON

HOWEVER, FINK AGAIN. 18

CLOUDY OCTOBER

THE SKY BECAME RETURNED THE NEXT DAY AFTER THE COLD FRONT HAD MOVED TO THE HONG KONG,

KONG ON THE A SURGE OF THE NORTHEAST MONSOON ARRIVED AT HONG

WINDS BECAME FRESH EASTERLY OFFSHORE. NIGHT OF OCTOBER 19 AND THE

BEGAN LIGHT RAIN

то SET AND INTERMITTENT CLOUDY CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND PERSISTED UNTIL OCTOBER 21.

IN

CENTRAL CHINA MOVED SLOWLY ON OCTOBER 21, A COLD FRONT over

22. ALTHOUGH SOUTHWARDS AND REACHED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST ON OCTOBER

COLD FRONT, THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPED AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE THE WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY UNTIL THE MORNING OF OCTOBER

MEANWHILE, OVER THE

PACIFIC WESTERN

TO THE

LUZON

23.

EAST OF THE

STRAIT. THE ENHANCED BY OCCURRED OVER

PHILIPPINES, TYPHOON LYNN WAS HEADING TOWARDS THE PREVAILING NORTHEAST MONSOON OVER SOUTHEASTERN CHINA WAS THE CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH LYNN AND STRONG WINDS THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS DURING THE DAY ON OCTOBER 23 WHEN WAS STILL ABOUT 1,000 KILOMETRES AWAY FROM HONG KONG.

LYNN

BY

23. THE INCREASING

WITH LYNN CONTINUING TO MOVE CLOSER TO HONG KONG, THE STAND

11 PM ON OCTOBER SIGNAL NO. 1 WAS HOISTED AT

STRONG WIND SIGNAL, THREAT OF LYNN NECESSITATED THE HOISTING OF THE

WINDS WITHIN 24. DURING THE DAY.

THE NO. 3, AT 5 AM ON OCTOBER

WHILE THOSE OFFSHORE OCCASIONALLY HARBOUR WERE

TO STRONG FRESH

OCTOBER 24 BLEW DOWN REACHED GALE FORCE. THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ON SOME BILLBOARDS AND TREES.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS PERSISTED

WEAKENED

OFFSHORE AND IN EXPOSED AREAS AS EARLY ON OCTOBER 25. HOWEVER, WINDS MODERATED DURING THE AFTERNOON

LYNN WAS TO A

AS STORM. SEVERE TROPICAL TYPHOON LYNN

REPLACED EXPECTED TO WEAKEN FURTHER, THE STRONG WIND SIGNAL NO. 3 WAS

25. RAIN ASSOCIATED BY THE STAND BY SIGNAL NO. 1 AT 3 PM ON OCTOBER WITH LYNN AFFECTED HONG KONG THAT EVENING.

/DURING THE