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TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1989
MARCH A RATHER DRY MONTH
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MARCH WAS A RATHER DRY MONTH IN
TERMS
RECORD FOR ITS MONTHLY WEATHER REPORT
OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THE MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 75 PER CENT IS THE FIFTH LOWEST ON OBSERVATORY SAID IN MARCH, THE ROYAL TODAY WEDNESDAY).
ONLY MARCH.
OF 47.8 MILLIMETRES AMOUNT OF 64.8 MILLIMETRES
WAS
FOR
HOWEVER, THE MONTHLY TOTAL RAINFALL 13 PER CENT LESS THAN THE NORMAL
1989, THE
RAINFALL TOTAL
WAS
FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF ONLY 74.4 MILLIMETRES, WHICH IS 40 PER CENT BELOW THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 123.6 MILLIMETRES.
THE WEATHER WAS GENERALLY CLOUDY BUT MILD FOR THE DAYS OF MARCH.
FIRST THREE
MINIMUM OF RECORDED
4. NORTHERLY AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT EARLY ON MARCH
LIGHT RAIN. THE WINDS BROUGHT COOLER WEATHER WITH SOME
WAS THE LOWEST 11.4 DEGREES CELSIUS ON MARCH 5
TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH.
KUNG AREA
WINDS ALSO BECAME STRONG OFFSHORE ON MARCH 4, AND GUSTS OF 68 KILOMETRES PER HOUR WERE RECORDED. A YACHT CAPSIZED IN SAI UNDER THESE WINDY CONDITIONS.
WINTER MONSOON FINE THE FOLLOWING MILDER CONDITIONS
CLOUDY AND COOL CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PERSISTED UNTIL MARCH 7. THE WEATHER THEN TURNED DAY AND THIS PREVAILED FOR A PERIOD OF EIGHT DAYS. ALSO RETURNED AS WINDS GRADUALLY BECAME SOUTHEASTERLY.
AND MOIST MARITIME WITH THE SOUTHEASTERLIES BRINGING IN WARM
MARCH 14. VISIBILITY IN THE AIR, FOG FORMED IN THE EARLY HOURS OF
DURING URBAN AREAS WAS REDUCED TO 500 METRES. ALTHOUGH THE FOG LIFTED THE DAY, SOME COASTAL MIST RETURNED DURING THE NIGHT.
FOR THE MONTH, IT WAS ONE OF THE TWO WARMEST DAYS
WITH THE DEGREES. THIS WAS DAYTIME TEMPERATURE CLIMBING TO A MAXIMUM OF 25.7 ALSO THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE SO FAR THIS YEAR.
THE
MEANWHILE, A WEAK SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED FROM
PREVAILED FOR THE NEXT NINE BAST ON MARCH 15. EASTERLY WINDS THEN DAYS. FURTHER REPLENISHMENT OF THE WINTER MONSOON OCCURRED ON MARCH 17 AND 21 AND BROUGHT PROGRESSIVELY COOLER CONDITIONS TO THE SOUTH COASTAL AREAS.
CHINA
WITH
GUSTS
—
SOME BRIGHTER 24 WAS MAINLY
WINDS WERE
STRONG
OFFSHORE ON BOTH OCCASIONS, REACHING OVER 70 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OFFSHORE. DESPITE INTERVALS, THE WEATHER DURING THE PERIOD OF MARCH 15 CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN,
/THE WEATHER .....................