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SUNDAY, JULY 9, 1989

CONDITIONS

WITH

A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PART

RISE TO OVERCAST CHINA SEA GAVE DURING THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH.

OF THE SOUTH RAIN OCCASIONAL

ON THE LOW SIDE LOWEST FOR

RAIN AND FRESH EASTERLIES KEPT TEMPERATURES AND THE MINIMUM OF 22.4 DEGREES CELSIUS ON JUNE 1 WAS THE THE MONTH.

WEATHER GRADUALLY IMPROVED ON JUNE 3 LATER ON THE NEXT DAY.

AND BECAME MAINLY FINE

A RIDGE EASTWARDS.

HOWEVER, CLOUDY SKIES WITH SOME SHOWERS RETURNED ON JUNE

OF

OVER HIGH PRESSURE

THE SOUTH CHINA COAST

5 AS RETREATED

THE CLOUDY CONDITION CONTINUED TO PREVAIL UNTIL JUNE 7 WHEN THE NEXT DAY BROUGHT WEATHER TURNED MAINLY FINE. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE THE

WAS THE THE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURE TO A MAXIMUM OF 31.7 DEGREES WHICH HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.

THE SOUTH CHINA MEANWHILE, SEVERE TROPICAL STORM DOT ENTERED

THREAT OF DOT TO HONG SEA IN THE EVENING OF JUNE 7. THE POTENTIAL

AT' 3 PM KONG NECESSITATED THE HOISTING OF THE STAND BY SIGNAL NO. 1 ON JUNE 8. WINDS OFFSHORE ALSO BEGAN TO FRESHEN EARLY NEXT MORNING.

WINDS CONTINUED NO. 3 WAS THEREFORE HOISTED

AS DOT MOVED CLOSER TO THE SOUTH CHINA COAST, TO STRENGTHEN, THE STRONG WIND SIGNAL AT 7 PM ON JUNE 9.

TYPHOON DOT MOVED TOWARDS THE

AWAY WEST-NORTHWEST

FROM HONG

KONG THAT NIGHT AND ALL SIGNALS WERE LOWERED AT 12.15 PM ON JUNE 10.

NEXT TWO DAYS. CLOUDY CONDITIONS CONTINUED TO PREVAIL IN THE

AND THE FINE WEATHER WEATHER THEN BECAME GENERALLY FINE ON JUNE 13 PERSISTED IN THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS ALTHOUGH A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS OCCURRED.

ALSO

THE THE APPROACH OF A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE FROM THE NORTH IN

PERSISTED INTO THE NEXT EVENING OF JUNE 21 BROUGHT MORE SHOWERS WHICH

WEATHER REMAINED MORNING. ALTHOUGH RAIN SUBSIDED DURING THE DAY, THE CLOUDY. SHOWERS OCCURRED AGAIN ON JUNE 23.

OF HONG KONG, THE AS THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVED SOUTH

THE NEXT DAY, AN AREA OF LOW LOCAL WEATHER IMPROVED ON JUNE 24.

SEA AND PRESSURE DEVELOPED OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA BEGAN TO EDGE NORTHWARDS. ITS PROXIMITY BROUGHT SHOWERY CONDITIONS HONG KONG ON JUNE 26 AND 27.

TO

PRESSURE, THE WEATHER UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A RIDGE OF HIGH BECAME GENERALLY FINE ON JUNE 28 AND REMAINED 80 FOR THE REST MONTH.

OF THE

/DURING THE