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SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1993

FRESHENING OF THE EASTERLIES IN THE EARLY HOURS OF FEBRUARY GAVE RISE TO A COOLER DAY.

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THE WEATHER TURNED MISTY AGAIN WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN ON NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 8. VISIBILITY IMPROVED ON FEBRUARY 10 AND GENERALLY FINE WEATHER PERSISTED TILL FEBRUARY 17.

IN THE MEANTIME, THERE WAS A LULL IN THE EASTERLIES ON FEBRUARY 11 AND SOME MIST PATCHES RETURNED IN THE EVENING BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF ANOTHER EASTERLY REPLENISHMENT LATER THAT NIGHT.

FRESH TO STRONG EASTERLY WINDS PREVAILED FROM FEBRUARY 12 TO 14 BEFORE BRING REPLACED BY A SOUTHEASTERLY AIRSTREAM ON FEBRUARY 15. SOME MIST RE-APPEARED ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 16 AND TEMPERATURES CLIMBED то THE MONTH'S HIGHEST OF 23.4 DEGREES ON A DAY OF LIGHT WINDS.

FOLLOWING THE ARRIVAL OF A FRESH EASTERLY AIRSTREAM THE PREVIOUS DAY, CLOUDY WEATHER SET IN ON FEBRUARY 18 AND PERSISTED THE END OF THE MONTH.

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SOME LIGHT RAIN WAS RECORDED ON THRER SUCCESSIVE DAYS FROM FEBRUARY 18 TO 20.

AS CONDITIONS TURNED INCREASINGLY HUMID, MIST BECAME WIDESPREAD ON FEBRUARY 19. FOG HOVERED OFFSHORE EARLY ON FEBRUARY 20 AND SPREAD INTO THE HARBOUR ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 21.

VISIBILITY GENERALLY IMPROVED ON FEBRUARY 22 BUT THE PASSAGE OF

A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT DAY BROUGHT SOME LIGHT RAIN.

WINDS FRESHENED FROM THE EAST TO NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON AND BY THE NEXT DAY, TEMPERATURES HAD DROPPED BY THREE TO FOUR DEGREES.. EASTERLY WINDS STRENGTHENED FURTHER ON FEBRUARY 26 WITH SOME MIST PATCHES AND DRIZZLE IN THE EARLY PART OF THE DAY.

DRIZZLE OCCURRED AGAIN THAT NIGHT WHILE MIST APPEARED FROM TIME TO TIME TILL THE END OF THE MONTH WHEN WINDS STARTED TO TURN NORTHERLY.

NO TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN FEBRUARY. NO AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED IN THE MONTH AS A RESULT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER. DETAILS ON THE ISSUANCE/HOISTING AND CANCELLATION/LOWERING OF VARIOUS WARNINGS/SIGNALS IN THE MONTH ARE SUMMARIZED IN TABLE 1.1. MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL ARE TABULATED IN TABLE 1.2.

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