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TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1990

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DAYS, A FRESH

AS THE RAIN GRADUALLY EASED OVER THE NEXT · TWO

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EASTERLY AIRSTREAM MAINTAINED CLOUDY CONDITIONS AND BROUGHT SLIGHTLY COOLER WEATHER. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF

23 DEGREES CELSIUS ON JUNE 3 WAS THE LOWEST RECORDED FOR THE MONTH.

FOLLOWING THE MODERATION OF THE EASTERLIES LATER THAT DAY, THE WEATHER ON JUNE 4 TO 7 WAS A MIXTURE OF BRIEF SUNSHINE AND PASSING SHOWERS.

THE WEATHER BECAME MORE UNSETTLED AGAIN ON JUNE 8 WITH THE OCCASIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS AS ANOTHER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE PASSED THROUGH THAT EVENING.

WHILE THE EASTERLIES FRESHENED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, RAINY WEATHER WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED UNTIL THE MORNING OF JUNE 11. THE WEATHER IMPROVED LATER THAT DAY ONCE THE EASTERLIES SUBSIDED. BESIDES SOME OFFSHORE FOG PATCHES OVERNIGHT, THE WEATHER BECAME GENERALLY FINE FOR THE NEXT FOUR DAYS.

AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WEST OF LUZON DEVELOPED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION CALLED NATHAN, THE EASTERLIES FRESHENED AGAIN IN HONG KONG ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 15.

A STRENGTHENING NATHAN TRACKED WEST-SOUTHWESTWARDS TO XISHA EARLY ON JUNE 16 BEFORE TURNING TO A NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD COURSE THAT NIGHT. ANOTHER DIRECTIONAL CHANGE TO THE NORTHWEST LATER ON JUNE 17 TOOK NATHAN ACROSS LEIZHOU PENINSULA THE NEXT DAY.

WHILE NATHAN WAS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, DISTURBED WEATHER ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF ITS CIRCULATION BROUGHT WINDY CONDITIONS AND SQUALLY SHOWERS ΤΟ THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL AREAS.

A CARGO SHIP, THE TIEN FU, SANK ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 16 NEAR THE NINEPIN ISLANDS. THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP WAS MISSING AND THREE OF THE CREW MEMBERS WERE DROWNED IN ROUGH SEAS.

IN HONG KONG, TWO PEOPLE WERE WHILE SWIMMING AND ROWING IN SAI KUNG.

SWEPT AWAY BY SURGING WAVES

ACCIDENTS INSHORE WERE MOSTLY CONNECTED WITH COLLAPSED SCAFFOLDINGS, FALLING DEBRIS AND UPROOTED TREES.

AS NATHAN DISSIPATED OVER GUANGXI, SUNNY AND HOT WEATHER SET IN ON JUNE 19. THE FINE SPELL WAS INTERRUPTED BY A HAZY DAY ON JUNE 22 AS WINDS TURNED WEST TO NORTHWESTERLY. THIS · WAS FOLLOWED BY A CLOUDY DAY BEFORE THE FINE WEATHER RETURNED ON JUNE 24.

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DURING THE FOLLOWING THREE DAYS, SHOWERS OCCURRED IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING, THE HEAVIEST BEING ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER AND LIGHTNING ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 26.

HOWEVER, THESE SHOWERS DID LITTLE TO ALLEVIATE THE INTENSE HEAT DURING DAYTIME. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 32.9 DEGREES ON JUNE 27 WAS THE HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH AND ALSO THE HIGHEST THIS YEAR.

CELSIUS SO FAR

/THE WEATHER