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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,

1989

APART FROM SOME MORNING SHOWERS ON AUGUST 4 FINE WEATHER PREVAILED BETWEEN AUGUST 3 AND 10.

AND 5. GENERALLY

OF

AN AREA IN THE EVENING OF AUGUST 10, RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH

CHINA SEA AFFECTED LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH

OCCASIONAL RAIN PERSISTED UNTIL THE TERRITORY. CLOUDY WEATHER WITH AUGUST 12.

FINE AND HOT WEATHER SET IN ON AUGUST 13.

GENERALLY FINE CONDITIONS WITH LONG PERIODS OF SUNSHINE PREVAILED FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS ALTHOUGH SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS HEAT THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ON A FEW OCCASIONS WITHIN THIS PERIOD.

15. AUGUST NEW TERRITORIES

DURING THE THUNDERSTORM ON THE

SUPPLY IN EASTERN DISRUPTED.

KOWLOON

AND

PARTS

EVENING OF

OF

THE

ON

AUGUST 17.

DAYTIME

HEATING

THE BROUGHT

THEN

AND

POWER WAS

AFTERNOON

TEMPERATURE TO A MAXIMUM OF 34.3 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.

OF HONG KONG, THE WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TO THE SOUTH WEATHER TURNED RAINY ON AUGUST 20 WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS. A OLD MAN WAS REPORTED TO BE ELECTROCUTED BY LIGHTNING WHILE WORKING A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN LOK MA CHAU.

33-YEAR-

IN

RAIN BECAME MORE FREQUENT AND HEAVY LATER ON AUGUST 22. IN

WERE

AWAY SWEPT BOY 15-YEAR-OLD PO, AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND A SWIFT STREAM CURRENTS AND WERE LATER FOUND DEAD.

TAI

BY

THE RAINY CONDITIONS PERSISTED INTO THE NEXT DAY. DURING

THE

AND NEW TERRITORIES TWO DAYS, 10 MINOR FLOODS WERE REPORTED IN

OCCURRED. ONE IN EIGHT IN THE URBAN AREAS. TWO MINOR LANDSLIPS ALSO DIAMOND HILL AND THE OTHER IN TSUEN WAN.

THESE

THE WEATHER REMAINED DURING THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 24 TO 29.

AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. MAINLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN HOWEVER, A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BEGAN TO ESTABLISH OVER SOUTH CHINA, IN HONG KONG ON WEATHER SUNNY AND GENERALLY FINE AUGUST 30 AND 31.

AND

PREVAILED

DIVERTED DUE

ΤΟ

DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST, TWO AIRCRAFT WERE

14 ADVERSE WEATHER. THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON AUGUST 2, 5,

AUGUST 21 ΤΟ TO 18 AND 20 TO 29. THE FLOOD WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON 24 AND AUGUST 29.

OVER THE WESTERN SIGNALS AND

A TOTAL OF EIGHT TROPICAL CYCLONES OCCURRED NORTH PACIFIC DURING THE MONTH. TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL WERE NOT HOISTED DURING THE MONTH.

THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE:

TOTAL BRIGHT SUNSHINE

196.4 HOURS : 9.6 HOURS BELOW

NORMAL

/MEAN DAILY