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TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1988
SOME RAIN SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ON MARCH 4 BROUGHT THE TEMPERATURE FURTHER DOWN TO 9.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS THE LOWEST FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS ALSO THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE SO FAR THIS YEAR.
CLOUDY AND COOL WEATHER WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN PATCHES PREVAILED FROM MARCH 5 TO 8.
WHEN
THE CLOUDY CONDITIONS GAVE WAY TO SUNNY SKIES ON MARCH THE WINTER MONSOON WEAKENED AND FINE WEATHER CONTINUED ON MARCH 10.
WARM AND MOIST AIR FROM THE PACIFIC BEGAN TO AFFECT THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL AREAS ON MARCH 11. MIST AND FOG DEVELOPED, LIMITING VISIBILITY AT WAGLAN ISLAND ΤΟ 100 METRES THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MARCH 12.
WINDS TURNED SOUTH ΤΟ SOUTHWESTERLY ON MARCH 13 AND THE TEMPERATURE ROSE TO A MAXIMUM OF 27.2 DEGREES THAT DAY, WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH. GENERALLY MISTY AND FOGGY CONDITIONS PREVAILED UNTIL MARCH 15.
THE FOGGY WEATHER BETWEEN MARCH 12 AND 15 CAUSED TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF FERRY SERVICES BETWEEN CENTRAL AND TUEN MUN, TSUEN WAN AND THE OUTLYING ISLANDS.
SEVEN PEOPLE WERE INJURED WHEN TWO DISCOVERY BAY FERRIES COLLIDED ON MARCH 14.
A SURGE OF THE NORTHEAST MONSOON REACHED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST EARLY ON MARCH 16. FRESH GUSTY WINDS WERE EXPERIENCED AND THE TEMPERATURE AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY FELL SHARPLY BY ALMOST 5 DEGREES BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 1 AM.
THE SURGE ALSO BROUGHT COOL AND CLOUDY WEATHER WITH OCCASIONAL 1.IGHT RAIN WHICH PERSISTED UNTIL MARCH 20.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A HUMID
MARCH 21.
AIRSTREAM, FOG DEVELOPED ON
DURING THE DAY ON MARCH 22, A REPLENISHMENT OF THE NORTHEAST MONSOON BROUGHT THE FIRST THUNDERSTORM OF THE YEAR го HONG KONG. OVERCAST AND RAINY CONDITIONS PREVAILED THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WINDS FRESHENED ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH 23
AND A SCAFFOLDING
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IN WAN CHAT COLLAPSED IN STRONG GUSTS.
IN THE CLOUD COVER
WINDS MODERATED ON MARCH 25. SOME BREAKS OCCURRED AND THE TEMPERATURE ROSE TO OVER 23 DEGREES.
HOWEVER, THESE WARM CONDITIONS LASTED FOR ONLY ANOTHER DAY. DURING THE EARLY HOURS OF MARCH 27, COOLER AIR FROM THE EAST REACHED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST, FORCING TEMPERATURES IN HONG KONG TO BELOW 20 DEGREES AGAIN.
WINDS TURNED SOUTHEASTERLY ON MARCH 28 AND RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOG. MEANWHILE, A COLD FRONT FORMED OVER CENTRAL AND MOVED SOUTHWARDS.
CHINA
/THE COLD