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SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1988

RAINFALL IN JULY ABOVE NORMAL

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YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE NOVEMBER LAST

JULY CALENDAR MONTH

WAS ABOVE NORMAL, THE ROYAL TODAY (SUNDAY) IN ITS REPORT ON THE MONTH'S WEATHER.

RAINFALL FOR A OBSERVATORY

SAID

RAINFALL OF 327.4 MILLIMETRES IN CENT ABOVE THE NORMAL AMOUNT OP 316.8

THE RAINFALL OF THE

RECORDED THE OBSERVATORY JULY, WHICH WAS THREE PER MILLIMETRES.

HOWEVER, FOR THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR AMOUNT OF 875.4 MILLIMETRES STILL REPRESENTS ONLY 67 PER CENT NORMAL OF 1,309.7 MILLIMETRES AND IS THE SEVENTH LOWEST ON RECORD.

ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL,

PER CENT WAS THE THE MEAN AMOUNT OF CLOUD OF 56

FIFTH LOWEST ON

RECORD FOR JULY.

THE TOTAL DURATION OF BRIGHT SUNSHINE, 259.6 THAN 10 PER CENT ABOVE THE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH.

HOURS, WAS MORE

DURING THE MONTH MOST OF THE RAINFALL

WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO WIND SIGNAL TYPHOON WARREN WHICH REQUIRED THE HOISTING OF THE STRONG NO. 3 FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.

THE ROYAL ALMOST 250 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED AT

300 MILLIMETRES FELL IN OBSERVATORY DURING JULY 19 AND 20 AND OVER

WIDESPREAD PARTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN

SEVERE

FLOODING OCCURRED.

NEW

WHERE TERRITORIES

THE HEAVY RAIN ALSO RESULTED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

LANDSLIPS AT VARIOUS

SOME MORNING

AFTERNOON OF

THE WEATHER FOR JULY 1 WAS GENERALLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS. AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDED TOWARDS THE SOUTH CHINA COAST FROM THE EAST, THE WEATHER TURNED FINE DURING THE JULY 2.

REMAINING OVER THE NORTHERN WITH THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE

FINE WEATHER PREVAILED FOR PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA,

THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS APART FROM SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS ON JULY 4 TO 5.

THE SUNNY CONDITIONS ALSO KEPT THE DAYTIME MAXIMUM TO OVER 32 DEGRERS CELSIUS ON MOST OF THE DAYS.

TEMPERATURE

A MAXIMUM OF 33.8 DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON JULY 9, TEMPERATURE RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR.

THE HIGHEST

MEANWHILE AN