SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1983
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ON MARCH 24 A TRAWLER RAN AGROUND NEAR HEI LING CHAU. TWO FREIGHTERS COLLIDED TO THE SOUTHEAST OF PO TOI ISLAND, BUT THEY WERE ONLY SLIGHTLY DAMAGED. ALTOGETHER THREE PERSONS WERE
INJURED IN THESE INCIDENTS.
A COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH HONG KONG LATE ON MARCH 24, BRINGING FRESH EASTERLY WINDS AND COOLER WEATHER.
THERE WERE FREQUENT THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY SHOWERS ON MARCH 25 AND HAIL WAS REPORTED BY PILOTS OVERFLYING SEK KONG AND CHEK LAP KOK AROUND NOON.
MORE THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ON MARCH 26 AND HAIL LASTING FOR ABOUT TWO MINUTES WAS REPORTED AT KWAI CHUNG AROUND 3.25 PM. THE HAILSTONES WERE DESCRIBED AS OF THE SIZE OF PEANUTS.
FREQUENT THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ON MARCH 27 AND THE DAILY TOTAL RAINFALL OF 98.6 MM WAS THE HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR MARCH SINCE 1884. SEVERE FLOODING OCCURRED IN SHA TIN, KWAI CHUNG, SAU MAU PING AND THE LOW-LYING AREAS OF THE NORTHERN NEW TERRITORIES.
MINOR LANDSLIPS OCCURRED IN SAU MAU PING, KWUN TONG, LAM TIN, YAU TONG, WESTERN DISTRICT, SO KON PO, CAUSEWAY BAY, SHAŬ KEI WAN AND LEI YUE MUN.
SOME MIST DEVELOPED ON MARCH 28 BUT WINDS TURNED NORTHERLY DURING THE DAY AND THE VISIBILITY IMPROVED. THERE WERE SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
FROM MARCH 26 TO 28, THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 17 LANDSLIP REPORTS AND THERE WAS FLOODING AT 47 PLACES, BUT NO ONE WAS INJURED.
THE WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY WITH TRACES OF RAIN ON MARCH 29, BUT THERE WERE SUNNY INTERVALS ON MARCH 30 AND 31.
DURING THE MONTH SIX AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER.
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON MARCH 1, 2, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27 AND 28.
HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS WERE ALSO ISSUED ON MARCH 26, 27 AND 28.
THE YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON MARCH 7-8 AND 13 WHILE THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON MARCH 5-6.
SIGNALS HOISTED DURING THE MONTH WERE AS FOLLOWS:
DATE AND TIME OF LOWERING
WEATHER SYSTEM
SIGNAL
DATE AND TIME OF HOISTING
WINTER MONSOON STRONG MONSOON MARCH 4
WINTER MONSOON
8.05 PM
STRONG MONSOON MARCH 14 3.45 AM
MARCH 5
8.00 AM
MARCH 15
6.15 AM
(THE MONTH'S
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