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SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1993

PERIOD

COASTAL MIST AND FOG OCCURRED FROM TIME TO TIME DURING THE

FROM MARCH 23 TO 27.

THE

A BARGE WAS SLIGHTLY DAMAGED AFTER BEING HIT BY A CONTAINER

FOGGY IN

CONDITIONS OVER THE WATERS OFF AP LEI

ON CHAU

MORNING OF MARCH 25.

SHIP

MEANWHILE, THE SUN BROKE THROUGH ON MARCH 24 AND THE WEATHER BECAME FINE AND WARM OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS ONCE THE MORNING MISTS AND FOGS LIFTED.

AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY THE MONTH'S HIGHEST TEMPERATURE, DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON MARCH 28.

+

28.1

FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT, STRONG EASTERLY WINDS SET IN EARLY IN THE MORNING ON MARCH 29 AND BROUGHT MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS.

LIGHT RAIN OCCURRED DURING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND AGAIN ON THE EVENINGS OF MARCH 30 AND 31.

WHILE THE CLOUDY WEATHER PERSISTED, TEMPERATURES WERE ON THE RISE AS WINDS TURNED SOUTHEASTERLY TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH.

THERE WAS ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN MARCH.

NO AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED IN THE MONTH AS A RESULT OF INCLEMENT

WEATHER.

DETAILS

OF THE 1SSUANCE/HOISTING AND CANCELLATION/LOWERING VARIOUS WARNINGS/SIGNALS

IN IN THE MONTH ARE SUMMARISED

OF

MONTHLY

TABLE 1.1.

METEOROLOGICAL FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL TABULATED IN TABLE 1.2.

ARE

TABLE 1.1 WARNINGS AND SIGNALS IN MARCH 1993

WARNINGS / SIGNALS

EFFECTIVE DATE AND TIME

STRONG MONSOON SIGNALS

MAR 7 2305

MAR 8 0900

MAR 12 2245

MAR 13 0830

MAR 16 2310

MAR 17 0800

MAR 29 0445

-

MAR 30 0730

THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS

MAR 16 2135

MAR 17 1200

GAS HEATER ALERTS

MAR 1 1630 MAR 19 1630

-

MAR 2 0600 MAR 20 1630

/TABLE 1.2