XN000022-1994-03-15 — Page 12

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TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1994

RAIN

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BECAME MORE FREQUENT ON FEBRUARY 11 WITH MORE THAN MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL RECORDED OVER MOST PARTS OF THE TERRITORY. THE FIRST THUNDERSTORM OF THE YEAR WAS REPORTED THAT EVENING.

THE PASSAGE OF A WEAR COLD FRONT ON FEBRUARY 12 WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MIST AND RAIN PATCHES.

THE NORTHEAST MONSOON STRENGTHENED AND THE WEATHER THE NEXT DAY WAS WINDY AND COOLER.

CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH RAIN PATCHES PERSISTED ON FEBRUARY 14.

MIST THICKENED INTO FOG IN THE EARLY MORNING ON FEBRUARY 15 AS WINDS SUBSIDED. VISIBILITY STARTED TO IMPROVE AS A WEAK REPLENISHMENT OF THE NORTHEAST MONSOON REACHED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST THAT NIGHT.

WITH FURTHER REPLENISHMENT OF THE NORTHEAST MONSOON, CONDITIONS REMAINED COOL WITH LIGHT RAIN FROM FEBRUARY 16 TO 18. RAIN TURNED HEAVY ON FEBRUARY 19 AND MORE THAN 30 MILLIMETRES FELL IN TSUEN WAN.

THE ARRIVAL OF A DRY CONTINENTAL AIR MASS BROUGHT TWO SUNNY AND CLEAR DAYS ON FEBRUARY 20 AND 21. CLOUDS AND MIST SOON RETURNED ON FEBRUARY 22 AND LASTED TILL. FEBRUARY 24.

NORTHEAST

AS A COLD FRONT CROSSED THE SOUTH CHINA COAST IN THE EVENING ON FEBRUARY 24, THE MISTS WERE DISPERSED BY THE STRENGTHENING MONSOON.

WITH THE ARRIVAL OF COLD CONTINENTAL AIR, TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH.

DROPPED

THE MONTH'S LOWEST DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 11.7 DEGREES OCCURRED EARLY ON FEBRUARY 28. THIS CONTINENTAL AIR, IN CONTRAST то THAT OF FEBRUARY 20 AND 21, WAS TOO SHALLOW TO CLEAR AWAY THE MOISTURE IN THE MID-LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE.

AS A RESULT, CLOUDS PERSISTED. NO SUNSHINE WAS RECORDED FOR SEVEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS AND THE MONTH ENDED COLD AND OVERCAST.

NO TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN FEBRUARY.

WEATHER.

DURING THE MONTH, NINE AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED DUE то ADVERSE

DETAILS OF THE ISSUANCE/HOISTING AND CANCELLATION/LOWERING OF VARIOUS WARNINGS/SIGNALS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 1.1.

MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR FEBRUARY ARE TABULATED IN TABLE 1.2.

/TABLE 1.1