ON
SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1994
OF
CLOUDY WEATHER RETURNED ON MARCH 21 AND THERE WERE PATCHES LIGHT RAIN THE NEXT DAY AS ANOTHER REPLENISHMENT OF THE NORTHEAST MONSOON REACHED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST.
UNLIKE THE EARLIER REPLENISHMENTS, DRY CONTINENTAL AIR FOLLOWED THROUGH AND BROUGHT FINE WEATHER ON MARCH 23.
HUMIDITY CONTINUED TO FALL OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS DESPITE AN INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS.
HILL FIRES, FANNED BY THE STRONG AND GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS WHICH SET IN ON THE EVENING OF MARCH 26, AFFECTED SEVERAL AREAS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ON MARCH 26 AND 27.
WINDS
MODERATED ON MARCH 28 AND APART FROM SOME OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE AND OFFSHORE MIST IN THE MORNING AND EVENING, THE WEATHER STAYED MAINLY FINE TILL MARCH 30.
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE IN THE MONTH, 25.3 DEGREES. WAS RECORDED DURING THAT PERIOD ON MARCH 29. CONDITIONS WERE NOT AS WARM ON MARCH 30 AND 31 AS EASTERLY WINDS FRESHENED AGAIN.
THE MONTH ENDED CLOUDY WITH MORNING MIST AND LIGHT RAIN IN THE
EVENING.
NO TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA LAST MONTH.
WEATHER.
DURING THE MONTH, TWO AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED DUE TO ADVERSE
DETAILS OF THE ISSUANCE/HOISTING AND CANCELLATION/LOWERING VARIOUS WARNINGS/SIGNALS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 1.1.
OF
MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR
MARCH 1994 ARE TABULATED IN TABLE 1.2.
TABLE 1.1 WARNINGS AND SIGNALS IN MARCH 1994
WARNINGS SIGNALS
STRONG MONSOON SIGNALS
FIRE DANGER WARNINGS
YELLOW
EFFECTIVE DATE AND TIME
MAR 26 1930 MAR 28 0440
MAR 6 0615 MAR 20 0615
-
MAR 6 2310 MAR 20 1745
RED
MAR 24 0750
GAS HEATER ALERTS
FEB 27 1630 MAR 2 1950
-
MAR 27 2305
MAR 2 1630 MAR 3 1630
/TABLE 1.2
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