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SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1994

HOWEVER, THE APPROACH OF A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER GUANGDONG AGAIN BROUGHT WIDESPREAD RAIN ON JUNE 10.

KUNG.

DAILY RAINFALL OF MORE THAN 70 MILLIMETRES WERE RECORDED IN SAI

WITH PREVAILING SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ESTABLISHED OVER TERRITORY, THE MEAN TEMPERATURES ROSE STEADILY FROM JUNE 11 TO 17.

DURING THIS PERIOD, THE WEATHER WAS GENERALLY CLOUDY WITH PASSING SHOWERS.

THE

THUNDERY SHOWERS AFFECTED THE TERRITORY IN THE MORNING OF JUNE 18 AS ANOTHER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVED ACROSS THE SOUTH CHINA COAST.

DAY.

A TOTAL OF 120 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN FELL IN TSUEN WAN ON THAT

WITH THE TROUGH LINGERING NEAR THE COASTAL REGION, HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED HONG KONG AGAIN DURING THE NIGHT OF JUNE 19 AND THE EARLY MORNING OF JUNE 20.

THE LANDSLIP WARNING WAS ISSUED AT 0:05 AM ON JUNE 20. THE HEAVIEST RAIN OCCURRED IN EAST KOWLOON WHERE A TOTAL OF OVER 150 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED ON JUNE 19. TWENTY NINE FLOODING AND TWO LANDSLIP REPORTS WERE RECEIVED.

SHOWERS CONTINUED ON JUNE 21 BUT THE WEATHER TURNED FINE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

ANOTHER TROPICAL CYCLONE CALLED SHARON DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ON JUNE 23.

ON ITS APPROACH TO WESTERN GUANGDONG, WINDS BEGAN ΤΟ FRESHEN AND THERE WERE SHOWERS ON JUNE 24.

THE SHOWERS BECAME HEAVY ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 25 BUT EASED OFF THAT AFTERNOON WHEN SHARON MOVED AWAY FROM HONG KONG.

WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE FROM THE PACIFIC TO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, A FINE SPELL DOMINATED THE PERIOD FROM JUNE 26 TO THE END OF THE MONTH.

THE WEATHER STAYED HOT THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD AND THE MONTH'S HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OF 33.2 DEGREES WAS REACHED ON A SUNNY JUNE 28.

ONLY CHINA

SEVERE TROPICAL STORM RUSS AND TROPICAL STORM SHARON WERE THE TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND SOUTH

SEA IN JUNE.

DURING THE MONTH, EIGHT AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG BECAUSE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER.

DETAILS OF THE ISSUANCE/HOISTING AND CANCELLATION/LOWERING OF VARIOUS WARNINGS/SIGNALS IN THE MONTH ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 1.1. MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR JUNE ARE TABULATED IN TABLE 1.2.

/TABLE 1.1