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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1993
THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE MONTH WERE RELATIVELY WARM. THE WEATHER WAS MOSTLY FINE EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE INTERLUDES OF CLOUDS, LIGHT RAIN AND SLIGHTLY LOWER TEMPERATURES DUE TO WEAK REPLENISHMENTS OF THE WINTER MONSOON.
THE FIRST OF THESE
REPLENISHMENTS WAS ON THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 4, WITH THE FRESHENING WINDS CLEARING AWAY THE MIST PATCHES WHICH FORMED OFFSHORE IN THE MORNING AND INSIDE THE HARBOUR IN THE EVENING ON THAT DAY.
WINDS AGAIN
AND
FRESHENED IN THE FARLY HOURS OF JANUARY 8. THEY WERE SHORT-LIVED AND SOON TURNED SOUTHEASTERLY, BRINGING IN WARM MOIST MARITIME AIR.
MIST PATCHES HOVERED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS ON THE EVENING OF JANUARY 8 AND THE MORNING OF JANUARY 9.
RISING TEMPERATURES
23.7 DEGREES ON JANUARY 10.
LED TO THE MONTH'S HIGHEST READING OF
THE REPLENISHMENT ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 11 BROUGHT EASTERLY WINDS WHICH WERE FRESH AND REMAINED SO FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
AS A RESULT, THE WEATHER WAS NOTICEABLY CLOUDIER AND THERE WAS ALSO DRIZZLE.
WINDS MODERATED AND VEERED TO THE SOUTHEAST ON THE EVENING OF JANUARY 13.
MOISTER AIR FROM THE SEA ONCE AGAIN LED TO THE FORMATION OF MIST INSIDE THE HARBOUR THE NEXT DAY.
MEANWHILE, A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH AN INTENSE SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON WAS ADVANCING SOUTHWARDS ACROSS GUANGDONG,
IT REACHED HONG KONG ON THE AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 14. TEMPERATURES STARTED TO FALL IN THE EVENING AS THE NORTHERLY WINDS FRESHENED.
THIS MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A PROLONGED COLD LASTED TILL THE END OF THE MONTH.
SPELL WHICH
MORNING OF PLUNGED BY EARLIER TO
LIGHT RAIN WAS FREQUENT ON JANUARY 15. BY THE JANUARY 16, TEMPERATURES AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY HAD NEARLY 16 DEGREES FROM THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE TWO DAYS 5.4 DEGREES, THE LOWEST FOR THE MONTH AND THE COLDEST SO FAR THIS WINTER.
FREEZING CONDITIONS WERE EXPERIENCED ON HIGH GROUND. ICE AND GLAZE WERE REPORTED AT TAI MO SHAN WHERE TEMPERATURES WERE AS LOW AS -2.0 DEGREES.
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