TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1992
6
THE WEATHER OF FEBRUARY 1992
YEAR
THE PREVIOUS
THE GENERALLY GLOOMY AND DAMP CONDITIONS IN FEBRUARY THIS WERE IN SHARP CONTRAST TO THE BRIGHT AND SUNNY SKIES IN MONTH, A ROYAL OBSERVATORY SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
AND THE SPOKESMAN SAID UNDER A PROLONGED SPELL OF CLOUDS, RAIN
TOTAL DURATION MIST, WHICH EXTENDED OVER MOST PART OF THE MONTH, THE OF SUNSHINE IN FEBRUARY WAS ONLY ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF NORMAL.
48.0
THIS
MILLIMETRES
WAS AND
WAS
MILLIMETRES. 142.8 THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL
THE
NORMAL OF NEARLY THREE TIMES PRODUCED THE SIXTH WETTEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD.
FEBRUARY
THE FIRST TWO
MONTHS
OF THE YEAR
FOR THE RAINFALL TOTAL AMOUNTED TO 182.8 MILLIMETRES, MORE THAN 2.5 TIMES THE NORMAL AND EIGHTH WETTEST ON RECORD FOR THE SAME PERIOD.
THE
LAST
AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF A SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON ON THE DAY OF JANUARY, WINDS TURNED EASTERLY AND STRENGTHENED ON FEBRUARY 1.
BEFORE EVENING. IN ITS
CLOUDY AND WINDY CONDITIONS PERSISTED INTO THE NEXT DAY THE STRONG EASTERLY AIRSTREAM SUBSIDED TOWARDS THE PLACE CAME A MARITIME AIRSTREAM LADEN WITH MOISTURE.
INTO FOG
THE SOME
MIST APPEARED OFFSHORE THAT NIGHT AND THICKENED NEXT DAY. FOR INSHORE AREAS, IT WAS A MAINLY FINE DAY APART FROM MIST ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 3.
HOWEVER,
FOG
BECAME
MORE
WIDESPREAD
ON
4 AND FEBRUARY METRES THAT MORNING. VISIBILITY INSIDE THE HARBOUR WAS DOWN TO 100
THE MILD DAY FOLLOWED
FESTIVE ONCE THE FOG LIFTED, A FINE AND CROWDS CELEBRATED THE FIRST DAY OF THE CHINESE NEW YEAR.
AS
AS POOR AND
BUT IT WAS A FRUSTRATING TIME FOR MANY HOLIDAY-MAKERS VISIBILITY HAD EARLIER AFFECTED AIR TRAFFIC AS WELL AS SOME FERRY HYDROFOIL SERVICES.
FEBRUARY AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT ON THE NIGHT OF
AND RAINY WEATHER PERSISTED A COMBINATION OF ACTIVE WINTER MONSOON
THIS PERIOD, THE MONSOON FOR A SPELL OF NEARLY THREE WEEKS. DURING WINDS ALTERNATED BETWEEN NORTHERLY AND EASTERLY.
TWO
NEAR AIRSTREAM
THE PEARL RIVER THE CONVERGENCE OF THE ESTUARY OFTEN LED TO EPISODES OF ENHANCED RAINFALL OVER THE TERRITORY. ONE SUCH EPISODE THE FIRST THUNDERSTORM OF THE YEAR OCCURRED DURING ON FEBRUARY 7.
MEANWHILE, TEMPERATURES FELL PROGRESSIVELY AS A COLD CONTINUED TO SPREAD TOWARDS THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL AREAS.
THE EASTERLIES STRENGTHENED ON FEBRUARY
+
OFFSHORE.
AIR MASS
8 AND BECAME STRONG
/UNDER THE
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