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TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1988
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EARLY ON APRIL 7. A COLD FRONT FROM THE NORTH PASSED SOUTH ACROSS HONG KONG, RESULTING IN THUNDERSTORMS AND LATER SOME SHOWERS. TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO A MINIMUM OF 13.2 DEGREES EARLY NEXT MORNING. THIS WAS THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH.
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THE UNSETTLED WEATHER LASTED UNTIL THE NIGHT OF APRIL 8 WHEN SURGE OF THE NORTHEAST MONSOON ARRIVED. OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOCAL GUSTS REACHED STRONG FORCE. THESE CONDITIONS PERSISTED FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
THE WOODEN ROOF OF A ONE-STOREY BUILDING IN DIAMOND HILL WAS BLOWN OFF ON APRIL 9 WHILE TWO SCAFFOLDINGS, ONE IN HAPPY VALLEY AND THE OTHER IN SAJ YING PUN, COLLAPSED ON APRIL 10.
SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED HONG KONG DURING THE EARLY HOURS OF APRIL 11. THE APPROACH OF A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTH CHINA THAT EVENING AGAIN GAVE RISE TO THUNDERY SHOWERS.
THE SHOWERY ACTIVITY LASTED UNTIL LATE ON APRIL CLOUDY CONDITIONS CONTINUED TO PREVAIL.
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A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WAS ESTABLISHED OVER THE SOUTH CHINA COAST ON APRIL 14 AND THE SKY BEGAN TO CLEAR. BY THE MORNING OF APRIL 15, THE WEATHER HAD TURNED FINE. HOWEVER, ANOTHER SURGE OF THE NORTHEAST MONSOON ARRIVED THAT AFTERNOON, GIVING RISE TO CLOUDY CONDITIONS AND SOME LIGHT RAIN PATCHES.
THE WEATHER REMAINED ALMOST THE SAME FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS. THE MOIST EASTERLY AIRSTREAM WAS REPLACED BY DRIER NORTHERLY WINDS DURING THE EARLY HOURS OF APRIL 18. THE SKY CLEARED IN THE MORNING. HOWEVER, MOIST EASTERLIES RETURNED AND BROUGHT BACK THE CLOUDINESS THAT EVENING WHICH LASTED UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.
EARLY ON APRIL 20. ACTIVE SOUTHWESTERLIES SET IN AND THE WEATHER WAS SHOWERY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
MEANWHILE, ANOTHER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL CHINA AND BEGAN TO MOVE SOUTHWARDS. IT CROSSED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST EARLY ON APRIL 21, GIVING RISE TO SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. OCCASIONAL MIST AND FOG ALSO OCCURRED OFFSHORE.
WITH THE TROUGH 1.INGERING NEAR THE COAST, THE UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUED INTO THE NEXT DAY.
THE PREVALENCE OF EASTERLY WINDS KEPT THE WEATHER CLOUDY ON APRIL 23.
AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL CHINA EXTENDED SOUTHWARDS, CONDITIONS IMPROVED RAPIDLY ON APRIL 24 AND IT WAS MOSTLY SUNNY DURING THE DAY, THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY ALSO DROPPED CONSIDERABLY. A TOTAL OF 17 HILL FIRES OCCURRED THAT DAY.
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APART FROM SOME CLOUDY PERIODS ON APRIL MISTY AND FOGGY CONDITIONS OFFSHORE ON APRIL MAINLY FINE.
WEATHER WAS
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