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FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1987

THE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR RESULTED IN 116 CASES OF FLOODING AND IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE NEW FOUR CASES OF MINOR MUDSLIPS. TERRITORIES, 49 HECTARES OF VEGETABLE FIELD WERE INUNDATED. ROAD SUBSIDENCE ALSO OCCURRED IN KWUN TONG AND SHA TIN.

THUNDERSTORMS RETURNED ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 18 WITH HAIL

ACCORDING TO THE 32 REPORTS OCCURRING BETWEEN 8 AM TO 8.45 AM. RECEIVED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, HAIL WAS OBSERVED IN SAI KUNG, SHA TIN AND THE NORTHERN PART OF KOWLOON,

THE WEATHER IMPROVED MARKEDLY WITH SOME SUNNY INTERVALS ON THE AFTERNOON OF MARCH 18. APART FROM SOME MORNING MIST, THERE WERE SUNNY PERIODS DURING THE NEXT DAY.

IT WAS WARM AND CLOUDY WITH MIST AND DRIZZLE FROM MARCH 20 TO 24. HOWEVER, SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE AGAIN REPORTED ON MARCH 21.

AN INTENSE SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON ACCOMPANIED BY SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONG WINDS ARRIVED DURING THE SMALL HOURS OF MARCH 25. THE WEATHER REMAINED RAINY AND WINDY THROUGHOUT THE DAY WHILE TEMPERATURES CONTINUED TO DROP TO A MINIMUM OF 13.0

THIS WAS THE DEGREES CELSIUS ON THE EARLY MORNING OF MARCH 26. LOWEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED FOR THE MONTH.

ON THE AFTERNOON OF MARCH 25, A FISHING VESSEL SANK IN STRONG WINDS OFF BASALT ISLAND NEAR SAI KUNG AND A MAN WAS REPORTED MISSING.

ON MARCH 26, IT WAS MAINLY CLOUDY AND WINDY.

WINDS MODERATED

ON THE AFTERNOON OF MARCH 27 BUT THERE WAS DRIZZLE WHICH CONTINUED INTO THE NEXT DAY.

FROM MARCH 29 TO 31, THE WEATHER WAS WARMER WITH FOG AFFECTING HONG KONG WATERS. IT WAS PARTICULARLY FOGGY ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 31 WHEN VISIBILITIES WERE REDUCED TO 50 METRES AT KOWLOON BAY AND 100 METRES AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, CHEUNG CHAU AND WAGLAN ISLAND. THERE WERE MIST PATCHES AND DRIZZLE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY WHEN WINDS STRENGTHENED FROM THE EAST AGAIN.

THERE WERE NO TROPICAL CYCLONES OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING THE MONTH.

IN MARCH A TOTAL OF 10 AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER

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