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THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1990
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
RETURNED
LATER THAT
DAY AND THE MORNING OF SEQUENCE OF EVENTS WAS BROUGHT TO A STORMY CLIMAX ON THE
9 AM AND 11 AM APRIL 11. SQUALLS WERE PARTICULARLY SEVERE BETWEEN
AT WAGLAN HURRICANE
BEING REPORTED OFFSHORE FORCE WITH GUSTS OF ISLAND. THE VIOLENT WINDS TORE DOWN SCAFFOLDING OVER VARIOUS PARTS THE TERRITORY.
OF
IN
OF FLOODING REPORTED THE HEAVY DOWNPOUR RESULTED IN 10 CASES IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, A MINOR LANDSLIP ALSO OCCURRED NGAU CHI WAN,
13 WHILE A WEAK THE WEATHER TURNED BRIGHTER ON APRIL 12 AND
COOL WEATHER TO THE SOUTH NORTHERLY AIRSTREAM BROUGHT RELATIVELY
LIGHT CHINA COASTAL AREAS. CLOUDY CONDITION RETURNED ON APRIL 14 WITH RAIN BECOMING MORE FREQUENT OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
STRONG EASTERLY WINDS SET IN EARLY
17 ON APRIL
AND
BROUGHT
EVEN COOLER WEATHER.
ENCROACHMENT OF MOIST MARITIME AS THE EASTERLIES MODERATED,
WEATHER AIR PRODUCED NEAR-SATURATED CONDITION ON APRIL 19 AND 20. THE
FOG OVER OFFSHORE WAS MISTY AND EXTREMELY HUMID WITH PERSISTENT SEA WATERS.
AFTER A FREIGHTER AND A KILOMETRES EAST
THREE PEOPLE WERE REPORTED MISSING CONTAINER VESSEL COLLIDED IN FOGGY WEATHER ABOUT 150 OF WAGLAN ISLAND ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 20.
SCAFFOLDING
IN CENTRAL 21. WITH PERIODS OF WARMEST IN THE
SIX PEOPLE WERE INJURED BY COLLAPSING DURING THE GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ON APRIL SUNSHINE APPEARING, THE FOLLOWING DAY WAS ONE OF THE MONTH AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE ROSE TO A MAXIMUM OF 29.3 DEGREES.
FOG PATCHES
EXTENDING INTO THE
OCCURRED
OFFSHORE FOR SEVERAL MORNINGS BEFORE
23. AS MORNING OF APRIL ON THE HARBOUR
THE DAY, OUTBREAKS DURING
OF RAIN
EASTERLIES STRENGTHENED THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED THE TERRITORY THAT AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE
AND
RAIN,
THOUGH
LIGHT, WAS NEARLY CONTINUOUS THROUGHOUT FOLLOWING DAY AND BECAME HEAVIER AGAIN ON APRIL 25.
THE
NOT BREAK
ΤΟ AN END ON THE MORNING OF THE RAINY SPELL FINALLY CAME APRIL 26. VISIBILITY GENERALLY IMPROVED BUT THE CLOUDS DID UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.
BUILT
AS THE EASTERLIES MODERATED AND A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
TOWARDS THE END OF OVER SOUTHEASTERN CHINA, SUNNY CONDITION SET IN APRIL.
AREAS ON THE MEANWHILE, FOG PATCHES RETURNED TO THE OFFSHORE
THE MORNING OF APRIL 30 AFTER AN ABSENCE OF SEVERAL DAYS. FOR
A HIGH OF 29.3 TIME IN THE MONTH, THE TEMPERATURE REACHED DURING THAT DAY.
SECOND DEGREES
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