SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1994
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RAINFALL IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1994 AMOUNTED ΤΟ MILLIMETRES, 44 PËR CENT BELOW THE NORMAL OF 138.3 MILLIMETRES FOR THE PERIOD.
THE COOL AND OVERCAST WEATHER OF LATE FEBRUARY CONTINUED ON THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF MARCH. NIGHTS WERE COLD IN MOST PLACES OF THE TERRITORY.
THE MONTH'S LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF 11.4 DEGREES WAS RECORDED THE EARLY HOURS OF MARCH 1 AND 3.
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WITH DRY AIR IN SUFFICIENT DEPTH, CLOUDS DISSIPATED ON MARCH 3 AND GAVE WAY TO FINE WEATHER.
WINDS TURNED EASTERLY AND APART FROM SOME DRIZZLE AT NIGHT, THE WEATHER REMAINED SUNNY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
CLOUDY WEATHER RETURNED ON MARCH 6.
MARITIME AIR WEATHER
A LULL IN THE NORTHEAST MONSOON ALLOWED A MOIST MASS TO MOVE INTO THE COASTAL AREAS OF GUANGDONG, KEEPING THE WARM.
WITH HUMIDITY ALSO INCREASING, CONDITIONS BECAME MISTY AND FOG PATCHES HOVERED OFFSHORE ON MARCH 8.
TWO CHINESE CREWMEN WERE KILLED AFTER THEIR SAND BARGE COLLIDED WITH A CONTAINER SHIP IN POOR VISIBILITY IN EAST LAMMA CHANNEL THAT MORNING.
EASTERLIES FRESHENED EARLY ON MARCH 9 AND IN ADDITION ΤΟ THE PREVAILING MIST, THERE WAS ALSO FREQUENT DRIZZLE THAT MORNING. THE DRIZZLE THICKENED INTO LIGHT RAIN DURING THE NIGHT AND THE WEATHER WAS CLOUDY AND MUCH COOLER THE NEXT DAY.
DAYTIME
RAIN ABATED ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 12 BUT VISIBILITY REMAINED POOR THAT DAY AS MISTINESS PERSISTED. WITH WINDS MODERATING, CONDITIONS WERE GENERALLY MILDER.
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PRESH EASTERLY WINDS SET IN AGAIN EARLY ON MARCH TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY FELL DURING THE DAY. DRIZZLE ABOUT NOON TIME AND CONTINUED INTO THE EVENING.
COOLER AIR FROM THE NORTH ARRIVED THAT NIGHT, FURTHER DROP IN TEMPERATURES THE NEXT DAY.
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THE WEATHER REMAINED COOL AND OVERCAST ON MARCH 14 AND 15 WITH LIGHT RAIN AT NIGHT OR IN THE MORNING.
FOLLOWING A MILD DAY ON MARCH 16, ANOTHER COOL NORTHERLY REPLENISHMENT REACHED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST THE NEXT MORNING.
RAIN WAS LIGHT DURING THE LATTER PART OF MARCH 18 BUT BECAME HEAVIER ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 19.
SOME SUNNY INTERVALS EMERGED DURING THE DAY BEFORE THE WEATHER FINALLY TURNED FINE ON MARCH 20 AFTER A FORTNIGHT-LONG CLOUDY SPELL.
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