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MONDAY, MAY 8, 1989

WINDS TURNED SOUTHWESTERLY ON APRIL 3 AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL CHINA BEGAN TO ENGE SOUTHWARDS AND RAIN BECAME MORE FREQUENT,

THE WEATHER WAS OVERCAST THE NEXT DAY AND BY THE MORNING OF

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APRIL THE TROUGH WAS OVER THE SOUTH CHINA COAST, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

BRINGING WITH IT

THE OVERCAST AND RAINY CONDITIONS

PRESSURE

FOUR DAYS AS THE TROUGH OF LOW OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTH CHINA.

PREVAILED DURING THE NEXT REMAINED ALMOST STATIONARY

A WEAA SURGE OF THE NORTHEAST MONSOON REACHED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST ON APRIL 10 AND THE WEATHER GRADUALLY IMPROVED DURING THE DAY.

RETURNED AS EASTERLY

OVERCAST CONDITIONS

WINDS FURTHER STRENGTHENED EARLY ON APRIL 12. A 14-METRE TREE IN NORTH POINT WAS UPROOTED IN STRONG WINDS.

WINDS THEN GRADUALLY

WEAKENED AND BECAME SOUTHEASTERLY BY APRIL 14. WARM AND MOIST AIR BROUGHT MISTY AND FOGGY CONDITIONS ΤΟ THE TERRITORY.

THE WEATHER BECAME OVERCAST WITH RAIN ON APRIL 15. THESE CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS AS A TROUGH! OF LOW PRESSURE STAYED OVER THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL WATERS.

WITH THIS TROUGH DISSIPATING ON APRIL 18. FOG RETURNED. VISIBILITIES WITHIN THE HARBOUR AND AT WAGLAN ISLAND WERE REDUCED TO 700 AND 100 METRES RESPECTIVELY.

FOG WITHIN THE HARBOUR CLEARED BRIEFLY DURING THE DAY ON APRIL 19 BUT RETURNED AGAIN IN THE EVENING. OVER 30 INCOMING AND OUTGOING FLIGHTS WERE EITHER DIVERTED OR DELAYED ON APRIL 18 AND 19.

THE FOGGY AND MISTY WEATHER PREVAILED UNTIL APRIL 21 WHEN THE TURNED SOUTHWESTERLY AND A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WAS APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH.

WINDS

THIS TROUGH REACHED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST DURING THE EVENING OF APRIL 22, BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE TERRITORY. RAINFALL WAS ESPECIALLY HEAVY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WHERE 25 CASES

OF FLOODING WERE REPORTED.

THE OVERCAST AND SHOWERY CONDITIONS CONTINUED UNTIL THE EVENING OF APRIL 23 WHEN AN ANTICYCLONE EXTENDED SOUTHWARDS AND BROUGHT MUCH DRIER AIR TO THE COASTAL AREAS. THE WEATHER THEN TURNED MAINLY FINE AND REMAINED SO THE NEXT DAY.

HOWEVER, CLOUDY AND RAINY WEATHER RETURNED ON APRIL 25 AS WINDS FRESHENED FROM THE EAST. THE TEMPERATURE ALSO DROPPED TO A MINIMUM OF 18.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS THE LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.

EASTERLY WINDS MAINTAINED THE CLOUDY AND RAINY CONDITIONS THE NEXT THREE DAYS. FOG ALSO OCCURRED OFFSHORE ON APRIL 28.

FOR

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