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SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1994

WITH MONTHLY RAINFALL OVER THREE-AND-A-HALF TIMES THE JULY NORMAL OF 323.5 MILLIMETRES, THE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL IN THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF 1994 AMOUNTED TO 1,704.1 MILLIMETRES WHICH WAS 29 PER CENT ABOVE THE NORMAL FOR THE SAME PERIOD.

THE WEATHER WAS FINE FOR THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF JULY. WITH A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, THE WEATHER IN HONG KONG STARTED TO DETERIORATE ON JULY 3.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION

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OUTER HAINBANDS OF THE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AFFECTED THE TERRITORY FROM JULY 3 TO 5.

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THERE WERE SHOWERS AND SUNNY PERIODS FROM JULY 6 то 8. TURNED FINE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BECAME ESTABLISHED OVER THE SOUTH CHINA COAST.

TYPHOON TIM CROSSED THE TAIWAN STRAIT EARLY ON JULY 11, RESULTING IN A HOT CONTINENTAL AIRSTREAM REACHING HONG KONG AND THE MONTH'S HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OF 34.1 DEGREES WAS RECORDED THAT SUNNY AFTERNOON.

TIM MADE LANDFALL OVER FUJIAN AND ITS REMNANT BROUGHT INTENSE AND THUNDERY SHOWERS IN THE EARLY MORNING OF JULY 12.

SOME PARTS OF THE URBAN AREA RECEIVED OVER 90 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AM, NECESSITATING THE BRIEF ISSUANCE OF THE RAINSTORM RED WARNING.

THERE WERE 12 REPORTS OF FLOODING. TEMPERATURES FELL TO THE MONTH'S MINIMUM OF 22.9 DEGREES DURING THE DOWNPOUR.

UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN UNSTABLE SOUTHWEST MONSOON, THE WEATHER IN HONG KONG REMAINED CLOUDY WITH RAIN IN THE NEXT THREE DAYS.

HOWEVER, IT IMPROVED ON JULY 16 AND THERE WERE SUNNY SPELLS.

GENERALLY FINE WEATHER PREVAILED FROM JULY 17 TO 20 ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS.

AN ACTIVE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTH CHINA COAST ON JULY 21, BRINGING VERY UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE TERRITORY FROM JULY 22 TO 24.

PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED HONG HONG, INFLICTING MANY CASUALTIES AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. OVER 380 REPORTS OF FLOODING AND 210 OF LANDSLIPS WERE RECEIVED.

THE HEAVY RAIN ON JULY 22 FELL IN TWO EPISODES, ONE IN THE SMALL HOURS AND THE OTHER IN THE LATE MORNING.

THE RAINSTORM RED WARNING WAS ISSUED ON BOTH OCCASIONS.

ALTOGETHER, MORE THAN 200 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN FELL IN THE URBAN AREAS AND OVER 300 MILLIMETRES WERE RECORDED IN THE NORTHWESTERN OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

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