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SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 1990

PACIFIC, OFFSHORE

OVER OF FEBRUARY 9

AIR FROM THE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF WARM AND MOIST

TIMES, PARTICULARLY AT CONDITIONS WERE RATHER MISTY AREAS WHERE FOG PATCHES WERE REPORTED ON THE MORNINGS TO 12.

ONE OF THE WARMEST DAYS IN THE MONTH OCCURRED WHEN A MAXIMUM OF 23.4 DEGREES WAS REACHED.

ON FEBRUARY 14

OUTBREAKS OF

RAIN

ASSOCIATED

UPPER WITH

ATMOSPHERIC

WEATHER AND THE FIRST DISTURBANCES ADDED AN EXTRA DIMENSION TO THE

FEBRUARY 16. THE RAIN THUNDER OF THE SEASON WAS HEARD EARLY ON

GOT EVEN HEAVIER THE NEXT DAY WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING.

IN A BREAK

FROM SUNSHINE PUSHED THE PREVIOUSLY REACHED

THE EASING OF WINDS ON FEBRUARY 19 RESULTED

OF PERIODS THE OVERCAST AND RAINY CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURE UP TO THE SAME FIGURE OF 23.4 DEGREES ON FEBRUARY 14.

OVER THE

20 BROUGHT NEXT

THE FRESHENING OF THE EASTERLIES EARLY ON FEBRUARY

SHOWERS PERSISTED THE RAIN BACK. RAIN AND COUPLE OF DAYS.

THUNDERY

THE

SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE ON THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 22.

THUNDERSTORMS

WERE

PARTICULARLY

ALSO THE

PERIODS. FOG HOVERED OVER DURING THIS PERIOD A HYDROFOIL

IN ADDITION TO THE RATHER UNSETTLED CONDITIONS, THERE WAS

QUIETER POOR VISIBILITY DURING THE OFFSHORE WATERS ON FEBRUARY 19 AND WENT AGROUND AT DEEP BAY.

FEBRUARY 22. INSHORE AREAS WERE ALSO AFFECTED BY DENSE FOG ON

HIGH-SPEED FERRY SERVICES WERE AIR TRAFFIC WAS DISRUPTED AND THREE SUSPENDED.

ON

AN INTENSE COLD SURGE BROUGHT AN END TO THE EASTERLY REGIME

ACCOMPANIED FEBRUARY 23. THE PASSAGE OF THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WAS BY SOME THUNDERSTORMS THAT AFTERNOON.

GLOOMY AND COLD WITH TO BELOW 10 DEGREES ON THE

THE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WAS PERSISTENT RAIN. TEMPERATURES DROPPED MORNINGS OF FEBRUARY 25 AND 26.

WHILE BUT

EARLY ON FEBRUARY 27, EASTERLIES STRENGTHENED FOR A SOON GAVE WAY TO A NORTHERLY REPLENISHMENT LATER THAT EVENING.

ALTHOUGH OVERÇAST AND COLD WEATHER CONTINUED FOR THE RAIN BEGAN TO BASE OFF BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE MONTH.

ANOTHER DAY,

21

NO TROPICAL CYCLONES OCCURRED DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. A TOTAL OF AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER.

THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 16, 17,

22, 23, AND 24. THE ONLY FIRE WARNING ON FEBRUARY 4.

WARNING DANGER

ISSUED

WAS

18, 21,

A YELLOW

/SIGNALS HOISTED