XN000022-1981-04-13 — Page 10

MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1981

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ON MARCH 8 IT BECAME SUNNY. HOWEVER, A COLD FRONT ARRIVED ON MARCH 9, BRINGING CLOUDY SKIES.

EASTERLY WINDS WERE STRONG ON MARCH 10 AND 11 AND THERE WERE SOME RAIN. IT WAS SLIGHTLY COOLER AND RAIN PERSISTED UNTIL THE MORNING OF MARCH 12.

APART FROM SOME COASTAL FOG ON MARCH 13, THE WEATHER REMAINED SUNNY AND WARM UNTIL MARCH 14 WHEN THE TEMPERATURE ROSE TO THE MONTH'S MAXIMUM OF 27.7 DEGREES CELSIUS.

SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT EARLY IN THE MORNING OF MARCH 15. GUSTS REACHED 64 KNOTS AT CHEUNG CHAU AND A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS DROWNED WHEN A JUNK CAPSIZED OFF CHI MA WAN. THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY SHOWERS CAUSED A LANDSLIP IN SAU MAU PING. IT REMAINED CLOUDY ON MARCH 16 AND THERE WAS SOME MORE RAIN ON MARCH 17.

A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE SOUTH CHINA COAST BROUGHT THUNDERSTORM DURING THE AFTERNOON OF MARCH 18. THUNDERSTORMS RECURRED AROUND NOON ON MARCH 19 AND A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OBSERVED OVER THE SEA TO THE SOUTH OF CHEUNG CHAU.

IT WAS ON THE SAME DAY THAT HAILSTORMS WERE REPORTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR.

THUNDERSTORM PERSISTED IN THE MORNING OF MARCH 20 BUT THE WEATHER IMPROVED IN THE AFTERNOON AND REMAINED FINE THE NEXT DAY. THUNDERSTORMS RECURRED EARLY ON MARCH 22 AND THERE WERE SHOWERS ALL DAY, CAUSING A LANDSLIP IN TS2 WAN SHAN,

IT REMAINED CLOUDY ON MARCH 23 AND THERE WERE OCCASIONAL SHOWERS THE FOLLOWING DAY AND COASTAL FOG AND RAIN ON MARCH 25.

A COLD FRONT PASSED IN THE EVENING AND BROUGHT STRONG EASTERLY WINDS ON MARCH 26. IT BECAME COOLER AND LIGHT RAIN PERSISTED ON MARCH 27. IN THE FOLLOWING TWO DAYS IT WAS SUNNY.

COASTAL FOG RETURNED ON MARCH 30 AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED AROUND NOON. IT REMAINED CLOUDY ON MARCH 31 WITH A TRACE OF DRIZZLES.

DURING THE MONTH, THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON EIGHT DAYS. THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON MARCH 10 AND THE YELLOW WARNING ON SIX DAYS, STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL WAS HOISTED ON MARCH 10-11 AND AGAIN ON MARCH 26-27.

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