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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1991

THE MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 178.7 MILLIMETRES NORMAL OF 299.7 MILLIMETRES BY 40 PER CENT.

OF

THE

FELL SHORT OF THE

OVER HALF

NIGHT OF RAIN OCCURRED ON THE MONTH'S

THE ARRIVAL OF A FRESH EASTERLY SEPTEMBER 14 IN ASSOCIATION WITH

JOEL AND AIRSTREAM. IN CONTRAST, THE TWO PASSING TROPICAL CYCLONES, NAT, WERE MOST DISAPPOINTING AND BROUGHT RELATIVELY LITTLE RAIN.

JANUARY 1

BELOW

ΤΟ AMOUNTED SINCE THE TOTAL RAINFALL

34

OF THE NORMAL PER CENT MILLIMETRES, WHICH WAS MILLIMETRES AND THE EIGHTH LOWEST ON RECORD FOR THE SAME PERIOD.

1.330.3 2,007.1

OF

TO

EVENING

OF TURNED

EASTERN GUANGDONG ; NORTHWESTERLY AND

THE MONTH BEGAN WITH FINE AND HOT WEATHER. THE DEVELOPMENT

OF THE SOUTH PART

CHINA SEA LED JOEL OVER THE NORTHEASTERN

LIGHT

AND RAIN CLOUDIER

WITH WEATHER

INTERMITTENT THUNDERSTORMS ON SEPTEMBER 4.

AS JOEL TURNED NORTH TOWARDS THE COAST

WINDS GRADUALLY

FRESH NORTHEASTERLY STRENGTHENED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

RAIN ALSO BECAME MORE FREQUENT, PARTICULARLY ON SEPTEMBER 6. BRGAN TO JOEL WEAKENED AFTER LANDFALL EARLY ON SEPTEMBER 7 AND WINDS

NIGHT BEFORE THE CLOUDS MODERATE. LIGHT RAIN DISPERSED THE NEXT DAY.

CONTINUED

INTO THE

WINDS

AFTER SOME MORNING RAIN AND A CLOUDY DAY ON SEPTEMBER 9, TURNED LIGHT AND HEAT GRADUALLY BUILT UP OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS.

THE HARBOUR AS LED TO THE HEAT THAT AFTERNOON AND THE

VISIBILITY WAS DOWN TO FOUR KILOMETRES INSIDE

THE OPPRESSIVE 12. SEPTEMBER HAZE THICKENED ON MONTH'S HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OF 33.7 DEGREES DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

FINE BEFORE TURNING THE WEATHER REMAINED GENERALLY FOR CLOUDY CONDITIONS IN THE LATTER PART OF SEPTEMBER 14.

ABRUP

PRODUCED AN OUTBREAK HEAVY RAIN WHICH LASTED

THE ONSET OF A FRESH EASTERLY AIRSTREAM OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EVENING, FOLLOWED BY TILL THE NEXT MORNING.

THE MONTH'S LOWEST TEMPERATURE RAIN ON THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 15.

OF 21.8 DEGREES OCCURRED IN

TERRITORY, THE

MORE THAN 200

OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF MILLIMETRES OF RAIN WERE RECORDED IN 12 HOURS.

FOLLOWING THE MODERATION OF THE EASTERLIES ON SEPTEMBER 15, GENERALLY FINE WEATHER PREVAILED WITH LONG PERIODS OF SUNSHINE.

DURING THE

AND

NOT SEPTEMBER, HALF OF SECOND

ΤΟ BRING TENACIOUS

MEANDERING

FAIL PRECIPITATION, ITS PROLONGED PRESENCE OVER THE

NAT

THE SOUTH CHINA SEA BROUGHT DRY CONTINENTAL AIR TO THE OF GUANGDONG.

ONLY DID THE ANY SIGNIFICANT NORTHEASTERN PART OF COASTAL AREAS

/THE FINE