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SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1991

HOWEVER, THE STORMY AND RAINY WEATHER ASSOCIATED

WAS NOT PARTICULARLY PROLONGED.

IN THE END, THE MONTHLY

OF RAINFALL

WITH BRENDAN

293.6 MILLIMETRES

FELL

SHORT OF THE JULY NORMAL OF 323.5 MILLIMETRES BY 9 PER CENT.

THE ACCUMULATED

DEFICIT

THE SINCE

TOTAL

RAINFALL

YEAR WAS 849.3 MILLIMETRES AND

BEGINNING OF THE SINCE JANUARY 1 REMAINED LARGE. THE MILLIMETRES, 35 PER CENT BELOW THE NORMAL OF 1,316.0 THE FOURTH LOWEST ON RECORD FOR THE SEVEN-MONTH PERIOD.

THE FINE AND HOT WEATHER AT THE END OF JUNE CONTINUED INTO FIRST DAY OF JULY.

THE

PERIODS OVER THE NEXT MONSOON GREW MORE

BUT WHILE THERE WERE STILL LONG SUNNY FOUR DAYS, SHOWERS ALSO OCCURRED AS THE SOUTHWEST ACTIVE.

THOSE ON JULY ૐ

MOST OF THE SHOWERS DEVELOPED IN THE MORNING. WERE RATHER HEAVY AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO REPORTED.

REMAINED AND EVEN THESE AFTER JULY 5, ONLY SOME ODD SHOWERS GRADUALLY DIED OUT AS THE FINE WEATHER PERSISTED TILL JULY 11.

MEANWHILE, A TROPICAL

CYCLONE

NAMED ZEKE

WAS

CROSSING THE

SOUTH CHINA SEA ON ITS WAY TOWARDS HAINAN ISLAND.

11, THE RAIN

PROMPTED THE

AFTER SOME LIGHT SHOWERS ON THE EVENING OF JULY BECAME MORE FREQUENT THE NEXT DAY WHEN FRESHENING WINDS HOISTING OF TROPICAL CYCLONE SIGNALS FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.

RAIN

OF ZEKB, THE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE PERIPHERAL RAINBANDS

ON

13 AND

14, JULY

WITH WAS ALMOST CONTINUOUS

SQUALLY DAY. AS ZEKE DISSIPATED OVER THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING LATER IN THE

CONDITIONS NORTHERN VIETNAM, THE WEATHER IMPROVED ON JULY 15 AND FINE PREVAILED FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS.

THE HOTTEST DAY IN THE MONTH OCCURRED ON AMY APPROACHED FROM THE LUZON STRAIT.

JULY

19

AS TYPHOON

34.5 DEGREES WAS THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF UNDER A SMOTHERING HAZE AND AN OMINOUSLY CLOUDY SKY.

ACTUALLY

ATTAINED

NIGHT. RAIN

THE FAST-MOVING

THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT PERSISTED INTO THE AFFECT THE TERRITORY AFTER THE LANDING OF EASTERN GUANGDONG.

SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE PARTICULARLY

THE EARLY HOURS OF JULY 20 AND 21.

RAIN BROUGHT BY AMY SUBSIDED EARLY ON JULY 22 AND TURNED SUNNY DURING THE DAY.

BEGAN то AMY OVER

ACTIVE IN

THE WEATHER

/HOWEVER, AS