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EARLY ON MARCH 6, THE TEMPERATURE FELL TO 9.6 DEGREES CELSIUS, THE LOWEST OF THE MONTH.
WINDS TURNED EASTERLY AND THE WEATHER BECAME CLOUDY ON MARCH 7. IT REMAINED CLOUDY WITH RAIN EVERY DAY UNTIL MARCH 11. SOME COASTAL FOG DEVELOPED ON MARCH 9 AND 10.
THE WEATHER DETERIORATED ON MARCH 12 AND HAIL WAS REPORTED AT TSUEN WAN IN THE MORNING. JUST AFTER 2 PM, TWO BARGES, BOTH CARRYING OIL, COLLIDED IN FOG NEAR TSING YI BRIDGE. DAMAGE TO THE BARGES WAS ONLY MINOR, AND NO OIL POLLUTION WAS REPORTED.
THE WEATHER IMPROVED BUT REMAINED CLOUDY ON MARCH 13.
EASTERLY WINDS STRENGTHENED EARLY ON MARCH 14 AND GUSTS REACHED 60 KNOTS AT TAI 0.
MIST RETURNED IN THE MORNINGS OF MARCH 14 AND 15 AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED IN THE AFTERNOONS.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD IN THE MORNING OF MARCH 16. WINDS TURNED NORTHERLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND THE VISIBILITY
IMPROVED.
THE WEATHER BECAME COOLER ON MARCH 17 WITH SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
WINDS TURNED EASTERLY AGAIN ON MARCH 18 AND THERE WERE TRACES OF RAIN AT NIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS RECURRED IN THE EVENING OF MARCH 19 AND CONTINUED INTO THE FOLLOWING MORNING.
THE WEATHER REMAINED WARM WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN FROM MARCH 20 TO 24.
ON MARCH 23, THE TEMPERATURE ROSE TO .25.9 DEGREES CELSIUS, THE HIGHEST OF THE MONTH.
WIDESPREAD COASTAL FOG PERSISTED DURING THE PERIOD, CAUSING A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS AT SEA AND SERIOUSLY DISRUPTING AIR AND SEA TRAFFIC.
A HOVERFERRY WITH 47 PASSENGERS ON BOARD WAS STRANDED IN DENSE FOG AT SHAN BAN ZHOU IN THE ZHU JIANG ESTUARY IN THE AFTERNOON ON MARCH 20 ON THE WAY FROM GUANGZHOU TO HONG KONG. IT EVENTUALLY ARRIVED 14 HOURS BEHIND SCHEDULE.
A FISHING JUNK AND A FIRE SERVICES BOAT RAN AGROUND NEAR MA WAN AND KAP SHUI MUN RESPECTIVELY AROUND 7 PM. NOBODY WAS HURT IN THESE INCIDENTS.
A CARGO VESSEL RAN AGROUND AT KAU LING CHUNG NEAR SHEK PIK AND A POLICE LAUNCH RAN ONTO ROCKS EAST OF CHEUNG CHAU AROUND MIDNIGHT ON MARCH 21.
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