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THURSDAY,

+3,

1991

UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF TWO LATE-SEASON SURGES OF THE

HORT KURS MONSOON, THE FIRST 1.1 DAYS IN MAY WERE ACTUALLY COOLER THAN NOWELL, BELYING THE HOT WEATHER THAT WAS TO COME LATER IN THE MONTH.

THE PASSAGE OF A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ON THE EVENING MAY 1 WAS ACCOMPANIED BY OUTBREAKS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

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THE WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY WITH INTERMITTENT LIGHT RAIN DAY AS THE WIND TURNED FROM NORTHERLY ΤΟ EASTERLY STRENGTHENED.

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THE AND

WINDY CONDITIONS PERSISTED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND THE RAIN ALSO BECAME MORE FREQUENT. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 18.2 DEGREES ON MAY 3 WAS THE LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.

AS THE

EASTERLIES SUBSIDED, THE WEATHER ON MAY 5 BECAME BEIGHTER. HOWEVER VISIBILITY WAS POOR DUE TO THE MOIST AND MJSTY CONDITIONS.

OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS, FOG AFFECTED

OFFSHORE WATERS TO THE

EAST.

SOME

AFTERNOON SHOWERS ON MAY 7 WERE FOLLOWED BY A REPLENISHMENT OF THE NORTHEAST MONSOON THAT NIGHT. THIS TIME, THE PASSAGE OF THE ASSOCIATED TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE FAILED TO BRING ANY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL.

THERE WAS ONLY SOME DRIZZLE ON MAY 8.

FRESH BASTERLY WINDS SET IN ON MAY 9, AND THE WEATHER STAYED CLOUDY WITH MORNING DRIZZLE UNTIL MAY 11 WHEN CLOUDS CLEARED, GIVING LONG PERIODS OF SUNSHINE DURING THE DAY.

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APART FROM SOME OFFSHORE MIST IN THE EARLY MORNING, IT WAS ANOTHER DAY OF SUNSHINE BUT WITH LIGHTER WINDS ON MAY 12.

THE WEATHER TURNED ONSETTLED ON MAY 13 WITH LOCAL DEVELOPMENT OF CLOUDS AND SHOWERS,

ALTHOUGH THE SHOWERS WERE QUITE FREQUENT, THERE WAS NO IN PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN. HRAVEER DOWNPOUR LASTED FOR ONLY A FEW HOURS THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

BE SUNNY WEATHER RETURNED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, ONLY TO

ON MAY 15 INTERRUPTED BY A BRIEF STORMY EPISODE LATE IN THE EVENING. WHEN OUTBREAKS. OF SHOWERS ACCOMPANIED. BY SQUALLS,

AND THUNDER, LIGHTNING SWEPT THROUGH THE TERRITORY.

WET WEATHER

THIS PROVED TO BE THE ONLY OCCASION OF RELATIVELY IN MAY BEFORE A SPELL OF GENERALLY FINE CONDITIONS SET IN FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH.

UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE, THE WEATHER REMAINED STABLE FROM MAY 16 TO 21.

/THERE WERE