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TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1989
MEANWHILE, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM BRENDA SWEPT ACROSS THE PHILIPPINES AND MOVED INTO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. IT INTENSIFIED FURTHER INTO A TYPHOON ON MAY 19 AND ITS OUTERMOST RAINBAND AFFECTED HONG KONG THAT MORNING. LOCAL WEATHER DETERIORATED PROGRESSIVELY AS BRENDA TOOK ON A NORTHWESTWARD COURSE.
STORMY CONDITIONS PREVAILED OVER THE TERRITORY ON MAY 20 WHILE BRENDA SKIRTED PAST AT A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 130 KILOMETRES TO THE SOUTHWEST. IT MADE LANDFALL OVER THE COAST OF WESTERN GUANGDONG DURING THE EVENING OF MAY 20 AND DISSIPATED RAPIDLY OVER LAND. WEATHER GRADUALLY IMPROVED ON MAY 21 WITH SOME SUNNY PERIODS THE DAY.
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THE WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH WAS DOMINATED BY TWO EASTERLY SURGES WHICH RESULTED IN COOLER CONDITIONS AND LOWER TEMPERATURES. APART FROM SOME SUNSHINE DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE TWO SURGES ON MAY 28 AND 29, THE WEATHER REMAINED RATHER CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN.
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DURING THE MONTH OF MAY, 44 AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED DUE ADVERSE WEATHER. THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON MAY 1 2, 3, 13, 17, 24, AND 30. FLOOD WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON MAY 2, 3,
20. AND 21. LANDSLIP WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON MAY 2, 20, AND 21.
APART FROM TYPHOON BRENDA, ANOTHER TROPICAL CYCLONE, ALSO OCCURRED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH DURING THE MONTH.
CECIL, SEA
CHINA
WEATHER
SYSTEM
SIGNALS HOISTED DURING THE MONTH WERE AS FOLLOWS:
SIGNAL
DATE AND TIME
OF HOISTING
DATE AND TIME OF LOWERING
WINTER
STRONG
MONSOON
MONSOON
TYPHOON
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BRENDA
MAY 14 11.30 PM
MAY 19 8.45 AM
MAY 19 9.45 PM
8NE
MAY 20
5.15 AM
XSE
MAY 20
4.00 PM
MAY 20 11.15 PM
MAY 26 2.50 PM
MAY 15 5.10 AM
MAY 19 9.45 PM
MAY 20 5.15 AM
MAY 20 4.00 PM
MAY 20 11.15 PM
MAY 21 7.15 AM
MAY 27 8.30 AM
WINTER MONSOON
STRONG MONSOON
THE MONTH'S
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