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SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1992

IN HONG KONG, SOME DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY THE BLUSTERY JULY 6 AND 7 AS EVIDENCED BY TOPPLED TREES AND LAMP POSTS AS COLLAPSED SCAFFOLDINGS AND SIGNBOARDS.

SUNNY PERIODS EMERGED ON JULY 9 AND APART THUNDERY SHOWERS IN THE EARLY HOURS OF JULY 10. GENERALLY FINE.

WINDS ON

WELL AS

FROM SOME BRIEF THE WEATHER WAS

NORTHERN PART OF

THREE TROPICAL CYCLONES THEN TRAVERSED THE THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN QUICK SUCCESSION OVER THE NEXT 12 DAYS.

JULY 11 AND OUTER RAINBANDS

TYPHOON ELI SWEPT ACROSS CENTRAL LUZON ON LANDED ON HAINAN ISLAND A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER. OF ELI BROUGHT SOME SQUALLY SHOWERS TO HONG KONG ON JULY 12 AND 13.

THE

NO MORE THAN 40 SUNSHINE DURING THE AND WERE STRONG FOR

HOWEVER, THE OVERALL RAINFALL AMOUNT WAS MILLIMETRES AND THERE WERE EVEN LONG PERIODS OF DAYS. EASTERLY WINDS FRESHENED LATE ON JULY 12 MOST PART OF JULY 13 BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING DURING THE NIGHT.

FAYE DEVELOPED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON JULY 17 NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND INTENSIFIED TO A STORM AS IT HEADED TOWARDS THE PEARL RIVER ESTUARY THAT NIGHT.

OVER THE TROPICAL

17.

IN HONG KONG, PERIODS OF RAIN STARTED ON JULY FRESHENED FROM THE EAST

WINDS TO NORTHEAST DURING THE SOUTHERLY AND INCREASING IN STRENGTH DURING THE NIGHT.

DAY, TURNING TO

THE

CENTRE RAIN,

BY EARLY NEXT MORNING, THE INTENSE RAINBANDS NEAR OF A LANDING FAYE AFFECTED THE TERRITORY, BRINGING HEAVY FREQUENT THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE SQUALLS.

THE WORST HIT AREA WAS THE NORTHWESTERN NEW OVER 300 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN FELL AND EXTENSIVE FLOODING WAS REPORTED. TERRITORIES WHERE

THE STORMY WEATHER PERSISTED FOR MOST PART OF FIZZLED OUT RAPIDLY THAT EVENING.

THE DAY BUT

JULY 20.

SOUTH TO A

GARY MOVED ACROSS LUZON AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON BUT BY THE TIME ITS CENTRE MOVED TO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CHINA SEA ON THE NIGHT OF JULY 21, IT HAD ALREADY INTENSIFIED SEVERE TROPICAL STORM.

KONG ON THE

THE FIRST OF GARY'S OUTER RAINBANDS REACHED HONG THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 21, BUT SUBSEQUENT RAINBANDS DID NOT AFFECT TERRITORY UNTIL THE EVENING OF THE NEXT DAY.

AND

WINDS

MEANWHILE, THE EASTERLY WINDS STRENGTHENED SIGNIFICANTLY GALES LASHED ACROSS THE TERRITORY IN THE EARLY PART OF JULY 22. GRADUALLY MODERATED LATER THAT DAY BUT THE WEATHER WITH INTERMITTENT LIGHT RAIN ON JULY 23.

REMAINED CLOUDY

A PROLONGED SPELL OF FINE WEATHER FINALLY SET IN ON AND WAS STILL MAINTAINED AT THE END OF THE MONTH. SOME

JULY 24 BRIEF SHOWERS AND THE TURNING OF WINDS FROM SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST

PASSING

29 WERE THE

ON JULY ONLY VARIATIONS DURING THE WEEK-LONG WEATHER. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE

SUNNY AND HOT OF THE MONTH, 32.4 DEGREES, ATTAINED DURING THE PERIOD, ON JULY 28 AND AGAIN ON JULY 31.

WAS

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