XN000022-1992-03-10 — Page 8

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TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1992

UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ANOTHER NORTHERLY REPLENISHMENT, THERE WERE SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 11 IN THE MIDDLE OF TWO DAYS OF HEAVIER RAIN.

THE WEATHER BECAME EVEN COLDER AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED FURTHER TO THE MONTH'S LOWEST OF 11.2 DEGREES CELSIUS ON FEBRUARY 13.

AFTER A TEMPORARY LULL IN THE RAIN, THERE WAS RENEWED ACTIVITY IN RAIN CLOUDS DEVELOPMENT THE NEXT DAY.

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BRIGHT SUN

FOLLOWING SOME MORNING THUNDERSTORMS ON FEBRUARY PERIODS APPEARED LATER IN THE DAY TO AFFORD A RARE GLIMPSE OF THE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10 DAYS.

FROM FEBRUARY 16 TO 23, FREQUENT REPLENISHMENT OF COLD AIR FROM THE NORTH MAINTAINED THE GENERALLY COOL AND CLOUDY CONDITIONS.

LANDSLIP OUTBREAKS OF HEAVIER RAIN ON FEBRUARY 19 CAUSED A

IN TSUEN WAN. ALTHOUGH NO ONE WAS INJURED, THREE

WERE DAMAGED IN

THE INCIDENT.

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AFTER SOME BRIGHT PERIODS ON FEBRUARY 20 AND 21 IT CLOUDED AGAIN ON FEBRUARY 22. RAIN, THOUGH LIGHT, WAS RATHER PERSISTENT AND LASTED TILL THE NEXT MORNING.

ON FEBRUARY LOW AS 26

MEANWHILE, A DRY CONTINENTAL AIR MASS MOVED SOUTHWARDS AND

COASTAL EVENTUALLY REACHED THE SOUTH CHINA

WATERS THAT NIGHT. THE LINGERING CLOUDS CLEARED AS SUNNY AND DRY WEATHER SET IN 24. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPED DRAMATICALLY AND WAS AS PER CENT ON THE DAY. HILL FIRES WERE REPORTED IN CLEARWATER BAY AND TAI MO SHAN,

WITH THE WIND VEERING EASTERLY AND THEN SOUTHEASTERLY TOWARDS ERODED AS THE THE END OF THE MONTH, THE DRY INTERLUDE WAS GRADUALLY ATMOSPHERE MOISTENED UP.

FEBRUARY

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MIST

ALTHOUGH THE WEATHER WAS STILL FINE ON PATCHES STARTED TO FORM OVER OFFSHORE WATERS THAT EVENING.

RETURNED ON WARM

VISIBILITY DETERIORATED FURTHER AS CLOUDY WEATHER FEBRUARY 28. EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS HARDLY ANY SUNSHINE THAT DAY,

PUSH AIR FROM THE SOUTHEAST MANAGED TO

THE TEMPERATURE UP TO THE MONTH'S HIGHEST OF 23.3 DEGREES CELSIUS.

AFTER SOME DRIZZLE IN THE EVENING, LIGHT RAIN GREW MORE

AND FOG. AS FREQUENT ON FEBRUARY 29 AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF MIST

A SHUI AND RESULT OF POOR VISIBILITY, THE FERRY SERVICE BETWEEN MA LIU PING CHAU WAS SUSPENDED.

THERE WAS ONLY ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN FEBRUARY. ELEVEN AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY DURING THE MONTH.

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THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 7 19. THE GAS HEATER ALERT WAS IN FORCE ON FEBRUARY 7 TO 15

FEBRUARY 24. THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON AND THE YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNING ON FEBRUARY 25 TO 27.

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AND AND 19 TO

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/SIGNALS HOISTED