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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1994
AUGUST CLOUDY AND WET
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LAST MONTH WAS CLOUDY AND WET, AND CHARACTERISED BY FREQUENT ENHANCEMENT OF THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON AND HEAVY RAINFALL BECAUSE OF THE INDIRECT INFLUENCE OF TROPICAL CYCLONES, A ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
AUGUST.
THE MEAN CLOUD AMOUNT OF 78 PER CENT WAS THE FIFTH HIGHEST FOR
THE TOTAL DURATION OF BRIGHT SUNSHINE WAS 138.8 HOURS, THE FIFTH LOWEST AUGUST RECORD.
THE MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 597.6 MILLIMETRES WAS 53 PER CENT ABOVE THE AUGUST AVERAGE.
THE TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF THE YEAR WAS 2,301.7 MILLIMETRES, 35 PER CENT ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 1,707.4 MILLIMETRES FOR THE SAME PERIOD AND HAS ALREADY EXCEEDED THE MEAN ANNUAL RAINFALL OF 2,214.3 MILLIMETRES.
THE MONTH COMMENCED WITH HOT AND FINE WEATHER APART FROM BRIEF SHOWERS ON AUGUST 1 AND 2 AS A BROAD RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATED THE COASTAL AREAS OF GUANGDONG.
ON THE RETREAT OF THIS RIDGE, THE WEATHER BECAME SHOWERY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON AUGUST 3.
TROPICAL STORM CAITLIN MADE LANDFALL NEAR XIAMEN ON AUGUST 4 AND BROUGHT UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE COAST OF GUANGDONG.
THUNDERY SHOWERS AND FRESH GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AFFECTED HONG KONG THAT NIGHT AND ON AUGUST 5 WHILE CAITLIN WEAKENED INTO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST CHINA.
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WEATHER
MOIST AND UNSTABLE SOUTHWEST MONSOON BROUGHT DISTURBED HONG KONG FROM AUGUST 6 TO 10 WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.
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MORE THAN 300 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED IN THE NORTHERN NEW TERRITORIES ON AUGUST 6.
FIVE PEOPLE WERE INJURED, AND 33 FLOOD REPORTS WERE RECEIVED DURING THE RAINSTORM.
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A LANDSLIDE OCCURRED ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST 7 WHEN A SECTION THE HILLSIDE IN TSING LUNG TAU COLLAPSED ONTO CASTLE PEAK ROAD.
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A PASSING PUBLIC LIGHT BUS WAS FORCED OFF THE ROAD AND PLUNGED SLOPE. ONE MAN WAS KILLED AND 17 OTHERS WERE INJURED IN THE
DOWN INCIDENT.
THE WEATHER BECAME FINE ON AUGUST 11. WITH PERIODS. OF REACHED SUNSHINE, THE MONTH'S HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OF 32.6 DEGREES WAS
THE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 12.
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