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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1991

RAINFALL LESS THAN NORMAL IN AUGUST

THE AVERAGE AUGUST,

MONTHLY WEATHER

ALTHOUGH AUGUST 1991 WAS NOT AS SUNNY AS RAINFALL ALSO WAS LESS THAN NORMAL, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT ISSUED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY TODAY (SUNDAY).

THE MONTH'S WEATHER WAS CHARACTERISED BY THE PASSAGE OF TYPHOON HAZY CONDITIONS IN FRED IN MID AUGUST AND A SPELL OF LIGHT WIND AND THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTIL.

FRED BROUGHT ABOUT 140 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL. THAT BEING

THE PERIOD,

MONTHLY RAINFALL WAS ONLY ONLY PROLONGED RAIN MILLIMETRES, 23 PER CENT BELOW THE NORMAL OF 391.4 MILLIMETRES.

THE 302.3

AMOUNTED ΤΟ 1,151.6 MILLIMETRES FOR

TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 THIS YEAR MILLIMETRES, 33 PER CENT BELOW THE NORMAL OF 1,707.4 THE SAME PERIOD,

APART FROM SOME

SHOWERS, ISOLATED

THE FIRST NINE DAYS IN THE HOTTEST DAY IN THE MONTH ROSE TO A HIGH OF 33.0

AUGUST WERE GENERALLY FINE AND HOT. OCCURRED ON AUGUST 8 WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DEGREES AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY.

AS A TROUGH OF LOW

WEATHER TURNED CLOUDY WITH INCREASING AUGUST 9 AND 10.

PRESSURE APPROACHED FROM

THE GUANGDONG, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON

WEATHER ALONG LESS

THE LINGERING TROUGH MAINTAINED MAINLY OVERCAST THE COAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, WITH LIGHT RAIN BECOMING CONTINUOUS AS THE TROUGH GRADUALLY DISSIPATED.

MEANWHILE, A TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOVED

ACROSS NORTHERN LUZON THE NORTHERN AND EVENTUALLY INTENSIFIED TO A TYPHOON NAMED FRED OVER PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SET AUGUST 14, AND THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF 24.7 WAS RECORDED THAT EVENING IN RAIN.

IN DURING THE DAY ON DEGREES IN THE MONTH

DETERIORATION IN WEATHER CONTINUED ON AUGUST PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SQUALLS.

THE

15

AND 16 WITH

STRONG WIND

NORTHEASTERLY WITH FRED PASSING TO THE SOUTH OF THE TERRITORY,

SIGNAL NO. WINDS STRENGTHENED CONSIDERABLY AND REMAINED HOISTED FOR NEARLY 34 HOURS BETWEEN THE EVENING OF AUGUST AND THE MORNING OF AUGUST 16.

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AREAS WITHIN THE HARBOUR

WINDS AND

RAINBANDS OF OFFSHORE AREAS.

WERE BUFFETED BY GENERALLY STRONG ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPIRAL SQUALLS SEVERE OCCASIONAL

AND HIGH GROUNDS WINDS AFFECTED FRED. GALE FORCE

WERE OFFSHORE

WAVES WAS

WHIPPED UP BY THE FURY OF FRED,

CONDITIONS SEA

PARTICULARLY ROUGH. A FULLY ARISEN SEA WITH HUGE 10-METRE REPORTED.

/LOCALLY, THERE