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TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1991

DURING

THE RAIN THAT FELL

THE MONTH WAS MOSTLY LIGHT AND PATCHY. THE MONTHLY TOTAL RAINFALL OF 8.2 MILLIMETRES WAS 83 PER CENT BELOW THE FEBRUARY NORMAL OF 48 MILLIMETRES.

TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 AMOUNTED то 36.9 MILLIMETRES, 48 PER CENT BELOW THE NORMAL OF 71.4 MILLIMETRES FOR THE SAME PERIOD.

THE MONTH BEGAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A COOL WINTER WHICH REACHED THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL AREAS ON THE LAST JANUARY.

MONSOON DAY OF

THE CLOUDS THINNED OUT ON FEBRUARY 2, BUT THE WARMING EFFECT OF THE SUN WAS NOT FELT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY WHEN THE WINTER MONSOON SUBSIDED.

THE WEATHER STAYED FINE DURING THE FOLLOWING WEEK APART FROM ONE CLOUDY DAY ON FEBRUARY 5 AS A RESULT OF FRESHENING EASTERLIES.

OFFSHORE AREAS, PARTICULARLY AREAS TO THE EAST, WERE AT TIMES SHROUDED IN MIST DURING THE PERIOD, BUT THE HARBOUR AREAS WERE ONLY AFFECTED ON FEBRUARY 7.

THE FRESHENING OF EASTERLIES ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 11 BROUGHT COOLER WEATHER AND MORE WIDESPREAD MIST.

VISIBILITY DETERIORATED FURTHER OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS AS THE EASTERLIES WERE GRADUALLY REPLACED BY A HUMID MARITIME AIRSTREAM.

THE TERRITORY WAS COVERED IN LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WITH LIGHT RAIN FALLING FROM TIME TO TIME.

THE WEATHER MEANWHILE BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WARMER, WITH THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 22.5 DEGREES ON FEBRUARY 14 BEING THE HIGHEST OF THE MONTH.

CLEARANCE OCCURRED IN THE EARLY HOURS OF FEBRUARY 15 IN RESPONSE TO THE ARRIVAL OF A DRY NORTHERLY AIRSTREAM. EVEN THOUGH THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED BY TWO TO THREE DEGREES, THE BRILLIANTLY FINE WEATHER ARRIVED IN TIME FOR THE FESTIVE CROWD ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.

HOWEVER, THE CLOUDS SOON RETURNED AS THE REPLACED BY MOIST EASTERLIES THAT NIGHT.

CLOUDY WEATHER WITH NIGHT DRIZZLE PREVAILED THREE DAYS.

NORTHERLIES WERE

OVER THE NEXT

DRIZZLE BECAME MORE FREQUENT ON FEBRUARY 19 AS A SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON APPROACHED THE COASTAL AREAS OF GUANGDONG.

FRESHENING NORTHERLIES BROUGHT COLD AIR ACROSS THE SOUTH CHINA COAST DURING THE NIGHT.

THE TEMPERATURE ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY DEGREES, THE LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.

20 FELL ΤΟ 11.5

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