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THUNDERSTORMS

MARCH 16.

SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1993

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OCCURRED FOR

THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR ON

RAINFALL AMOUNT FOR THE MONTH WAS BELOW AVERAGE. THE MONTHLY TOTAL OF 49.0 MILLIMETERS WAS 27 PER CENT BELOW THE MARCH NORMAL OF 66.9 MILLIMETERS.

THE TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 OF 83.5 MILLIMETERS WAS PER CENT BELOW THE NORMAL OF 138.3 MILLIMETERS FOR THE PERIOD.

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UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE NORTHEAST MONSOON, THE WEATHER WAS CLOUDY AND RELATIVELY COOL IN THE EARLY DAYS OF MARCH.

A WEAK REPLENISHMENT OF THE NORTHEAST MONSOON ON MARCH 3 BROUGHT MIST PATCHES IN THE EVENING AND LIGHT RAIN THAT NIGHT.

NEXT

THE WEATHER TURNED FINE ON MARCH 5 AND IT WAS MUCH WARMER THE DAY AS THE NORTHEAST MONSOON WEAKENED.

FRESH AND

APART FROM SOME MISTY CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A MOIST EASTERLY AIRSTREAM ON MARCH 7 AND 8, THE WEATHER REMAINED MAINLY FINE AND MILD TILL MARCH 12 WHEN THE EASTERLIES BECAME FRESH AGAIN.

THE WINDY CONDITIONS PRODUCED A COOLER AND CLOUDIER DAY ON MARCH 13. STACKS OF CONTAINERS IN YUEN LONG FELI, DOWN.

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LIGHT RAIN BECAME FREQUENT THAT AFTERNOON AND PERSISTED INTO EARLY HOURS OF MARCH

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AS THE RAIN DIED OUT, SOME MORNING MIST PATCHES APPEARED BEFORE ONSET OF A SOUTHWESTERLY AIRSTREAM DURING THE DAY.

STRONG GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOUTHWESTERLIES BLEW DOWN SOME SCAFFOLDINGS IN KENNEDY TOWN THAT AFTERNOON. WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING SMARTLY, THE WEATHER ON MARCH 15 WAS RATHER WARM WITH PERIODS OF SUNSHINE AS WELL AS SOME LIGHT RAIN LATER THAT DAY.

THE INTRUSION OF MOIST MARITIME AIR ALSO LED TO THE FORMATION OF COASTAL FOG ON THE MORNINGS OF MARCH 15 AND 16.

ON THE FORMER OCCASION, A FISHING BOAT COLLIDED WITH A

SHIP IN POOR VISIBILITY NEAR WAGLAN ISLAND.

CONTAINER

THE WEATHER DETERIORATED AS A COLD FRONT CROSSED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST ON THE EVENING OF MARCH 16. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN LASTED TILL THE MORNING OF MARCH 17.

FOR

THE NEXT THREE DAYS, THE WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY WITH PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN AT NIGHT. WINDS WERE FRESH FROM THE EAST AT FIRST BUT GRADUALLY TURNED MORE NORTHERLY.

COLD AIR FROM THE INLAND AREAS OF GUANGDONG WAS PUSHED TO THE COASTAL REGION AND TEMPERATURES FELL PROGRESSIVELY то THE MONTH'S LOWEST OF 11.3 DEGREES ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 19.

AS WINDS VEERED TO THE EAST ON MARCH 21 AND

TEMPERATURES CONTINUED про RISE.

MARCH 23,

SOUTHEASTERLY ON

/COASTAL MIST