SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1986
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RAINFALL TO APRIL - 10 PER CENT BELOW NORMAL
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TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED UP TO APRIL THIS YEAR AMOUNTED TO 236.3 MM WHICH WAS ABOUT 10 PER CENT BELOW NORMAL, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORTED TODAY.
THE RAINFALL RECORDED DURING APRIL 21 AND 22 WAS 106.3 MM, ACCOUNTING FOR MORE THAN 90 PER CENT OF THE MONTH'S TOTAL.
THE WEATHER WAS CLOUDY WITH COASTAL FOG AND SOME LIGHT RAIN DURING THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF APRIL. STRONG EASTERLY WINDS WERE EXPERIENCED OFFSHORE AND IN EXPOSED AREAS ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 1 WHEN TEMPERATURES FELL TO A MINIMUM OF 15.4 DEGREES CELSIUS, THE LOWEST OF THE MONTH.
WHILE MORNING MIST AND COASTAL FOG CONTINUED TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT THREE DAYS, THERE WERE SUNNY AFTERNOONS ON APRIL 3 AND 4. THE WEATHER WAS CLOUDY WITH TRACES OF RAIN ON APRIL 5.
IT BECAME FINE AND SUNNY WHEN A DRIER NORTHEASTERLY AIRSTREAM ARRIVED ON APRIL 6. HOWEVER CLOUDY CONDITIONS RETURNED THE NEXT DAY AND THERE WERE TRACES OF RAIN ON APRIL 8 AND 9.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A MOIST SOUTHEASTERLY AIRSTREAM, SEA FOG OCCURRED ON THE MORNINGS OF APRIL 10 AND 11 CAUSING DISRUPTION TO FERRY SERVICES. TWO PASSENGERS WERE SLIGHTLY INJURED DURING A MINOR COLLISION BETWEEN TWO FERRIES ON APRIL 11.
A SURGE OF WINTER MONSOON REACHED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST ON THE EVENING ON APRIL 11 AND BROUGHT STRONG EASTERLY WINDS TO HONG KONG THAT NIGHT AND THE FOLLOWING MORNING.
THERE WAS SOME LIGHT RAIN AT FIRST ON APRIL 13 BUT SUNNY PER FODS OCCURRED LATER DURING THE DAY.
THE WEATHER WAS RATHER HUMID WITH COASTAL FOG FROM APRIL 14 TO 20. ANOTHER SURGE OF NORTHEAST MONSOON ARRIVED EARLY ON APRIL 16 BRINGING SOME LIGHT RAIN ON APRIL 16 AND 17. IT WAS CLOUDY ON APRIL 20 WITH TRACES OF RAIN IN THE URBAN AREAS BUT THUNDERY SHOWERS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES CAUSED MINOR FLOODING IN TSUEN WAN, YUEN LONG AND TAI PO.
THE WEATHER DETERIORATED FURTHER ON APRIL 21 AND THERE WERE FREQUENT SQUALLY THUNDERY SHOWERS. SOME BOULDERS FELL FROM HILLSIDES IN MONG KOK AND LAI CHI KOK, TEMPORARILY OBSTRUCTING ROAD TRAFFIC.
OCCASIONAL THUNDERY SHOWERS CONTINUED THE NEXT DAY AND A MINOR LANDSLIP WAS REPORTED AT POK FU LAM.
ACCORDING TO NEWS REPORTS, GUANGDONG PROVINCE SUFFERED WIDESPREAD DAMAGE BECAUSE OF HEAVY RAIN, HAILSTORMS AND TORNADOES FROM APRIL 18 TO 22. HAILSTONES OF 20 MILLIMETRES IN DIAMETER WERE REPORTED.
/IT REMAINED