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SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1993
PERIOD
COASTAL MIST AND FOG OCCURRED FROM TIME TO TIME DURING THE
FROM MARCH 23 TO 27.
THE
A BARGE WAS SLIGHTLY DAMAGED AFTER BEING HIT BY A CONTAINER
FOGGY IN
CONDITIONS OVER THE WATERS OFF AP LEI
ON CHAU
MORNING OF MARCH 25.
SHIP
MEANWHILE, THE SUN BROKE THROUGH ON MARCH 24 AND THE WEATHER BECAME FINE AND WARM OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS ONCE THE MORNING MISTS AND FOGS LIFTED.
AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY THE MONTH'S HIGHEST TEMPERATURE, DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON MARCH 28.
+
28.1
FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT, STRONG EASTERLY WINDS SET IN EARLY IN THE MORNING ON MARCH 29 AND BROUGHT MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS.
LIGHT RAIN OCCURRED DURING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND AGAIN ON THE EVENINGS OF MARCH 30 AND 31.
WHILE THE CLOUDY WEATHER PERSISTED, TEMPERATURES WERE ON THE RISE AS WINDS TURNED SOUTHEASTERLY TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH.
THERE WAS ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN MARCH.
NO AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED IN THE MONTH AS A RESULT OF INCLEMENT
WEATHER.
DETAILS
OF THE 1SSUANCE/HOISTING AND CANCELLATION/LOWERING VARIOUS WARNINGS/SIGNALS
IN IN THE MONTH ARE SUMMARISED
OF
MONTHLY
TABLE 1.1.
METEOROLOGICAL FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL TABULATED IN TABLE 1.2.
ARE
TABLE 1.1 WARNINGS AND SIGNALS IN MARCH 1993
WARNINGS / SIGNALS
EFFECTIVE DATE AND TIME
STRONG MONSOON SIGNALS
MAR 7 2305
MAR 8 0900
MAR 12 2245
MAR 13 0830
MAR 16 2310
MAR 17 0800
MAR 29 0445
-
MAR 30 0730
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS
MAR 16 2135
MAR 17 1200
GAS HEATER ALERTS
MAR 1 1630 MAR 19 1630
-
MAR 2 0600 MAR 20 1630
/TABLE 1.2