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SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1988

CLOUDY WEATHER PERSISTED UNTIL FEBRUARY WEAKENED AND THE WEATHER BECAME FINE.

5 WHEN THE MONSOON

DAY

APART FROM SOME CLOUDY PERIODS OVERNIGHT, THE WEATHER CONTINUED TO BE GENERALLY FINE ON FEBRUARY 6. SUNSHINE DURING THE

DEGREES TOOK THE TEMPERATURE UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 23.5

WHICH WAS THE

HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.

COAST A SURGE OF THE NORTHEAST MONSOON REACHED THE SOUTH CHINA

AND THE WEATHER BECAME CLOUDY WITH

ON THE EVENING OF FEBRUARY 6 OCCASIONAL STRONG WINDS OFFSHORE.

DURING THE STRONG WINDS A DREDGER WAS STRANDED OFF LAMMA ON ISLAND. A PATROLLING POLICE MOTORCYCLIST EXPERIENCED STRONG GUSTS TUEN MUN ROAD NEAR SHAM TSENG AND HIS MACHINE WAS BLOWN OVER.

EARLY ON FEBRUARY 8, THE WINDS CHANGED FROM EASTERLY NORTHERLY. HOWEVER EASTERLIES RETURNED AGAIN OVERNIGHT ON FEBRUARY AND LASTED TILL FEBRUARY 10 WHEN THE WINDS AGAIN TURNED NORTHERLY.

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CLOUDY CONDITIONS PREVAILED UNTIL FEBRUARY 12. THE WEATHER IMPROVED THE FOLLOWING DAY. THERE WERE SUNNY PERIODS ON FEBRUARY 13 AND 14.

SURGE ANOTHER

OF THE WINTER MONSOON BROUGHT MORE CLOUDY WEATHER ON FEBRUARY 15 AND 16.

NORTHERLY WINDS ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S DAY CAUSED THE TO DROP FROM A HIGH OF 18.2 DEGREES ON LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE 16) TO A LOW OF 11.6 DEGREES BY MIDNIGHT ON NEW YEAR'S DAY 17).

TEMPERATURE (FEBRUARY (FEBRUARY

TEMPERATURES REMAINED LOW DURING OVERCAST SKIES.

THE NEXT FEW

DAYS

WITH

CAUSED TO A

ON THE EVENING OF FEBRUARY 19, AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE SOME RAIN OVER THE TERRITORY AND THE TEMPERATURE FELL FURTHER MINIMUM OF 10.1 DEGREES WHICH WAS THE LOWEST READING FOR THE MONTH.

RAIN CONTINUED OVERNIGHT BUT THE WEATHER NEXT MORNING.

CLEARED RAPIDLY THE

THE NEXT

IT

REMAINED

TOWARDS THE EVENING ON FEBRUARY 21, KASTERLY WINDS FRESHENED IN HONG KONG RESULTING IN CLOUDY WEATHER AND SOME LIGHT RAIN DAY. THERE WERE SUNNY PERIODS LATER ON FEBRUARY 22 AND FINE ON FEBRUARY 23 AND 24.

CLOUDY

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OVERCAST

SKIES PREVAILED THROUGHOUT FEBRUARY 25. WINDS TURNED SOUTHEASTERLY LATER ON FEBRUARY 26, WARM AND HUMID AIR. COASTAL FOG DEVELOPED AND MIST WAS REPORTED IN THE HARBOUR.

THE

DAY BRINGING

ON

MISTY AND FOGGY CONDITIONS LASTED UNTIL FEBRUARY 28 WHEN

WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY FRESHENED FROM THE EAST. HOWEVER, THE OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE.

WINDS

WITH

/FOGGY AND