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SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1994

A MAINLAND FISHING BOAT COLLIDED WITH A GREEK FREIGHTER IN POOR VISIBILITY AND SANK ABOUT 150 KILOMETRES SOUTHWEST OF WAGLAN ISLAND. ONE FISHERMAN WAS REPORTED MISSING IN THE ACCIDENT.

MIST AND DRIZZLE CONTINUED ON APRII. 11 AND 12. A TROUGH OF LOW

DEVELOPED PRESSURE

OVER GUANGDONG AND MOVED ACROSS THE SOUTH CHINA COAST IN THE EVENING OF APRIL 12.

ARRIVAL OF

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A COOLER CONTINENTAL AIRSTREAM BEHIND THE TROUGH

OF THE MIST AND BROUGHT THE MONTH'S LOWEST TEMPERATURE CLEARED DEGREES EARLY ON APRIL 13.

THE WEATHER REMAINED OVERCAST WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHT APRIL 13 AND 14.

RAIN

ON

AS WINDS SUBSIDED ON APRIL 15, CLOUDS STARTED TO BREAK AND THERE WERE SUNNY SPELLS IN THE AFTERNOON.

20. DURING EASTERLIES

GENERALLY FINE WEATHER PERSISTED FROM APRIL 16 TO THIS

TEMPERATURES PERIOD,

ROSE STEADILY AS THE GRADUALLY REPLACED BY WARMER SOUTHERLY WINDS.

WERE

THE APPROACH OF A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH BROUGHT UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE TERRITORY ON APRIL. 21.

HEAVY AND THUNDERY SHOWERS AFFECTED THE NEW TERRITORIES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

KUNG OVER 80 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN FELL IN SAL

AREA

TSEUK AND THERE WERE ALSO REPORTS OF PRA-SIZED HAILSTONES AT MA LENG NEAR SHA TAU KOK.

THE WEATHER STARTED TO IMPROVE ON APRIL 22 WITH LONG PERIODS OF SUNSHINE DURING THE DAY. APART FROM SOME LIGHT SHOWERS, A HOT AND FINE THE MONTH'S SPELL LASTED UNTIL APRIL 28 WHEN TEMPERATURES CLIMBED TO HIGHEST OF 31.6 DEGREES.

AN UNSTABLE SOUTHWESTERLY AIRSTREAM BROUGHT DISTURBED WFATHER TO THE TERRITORY ON APRIL 29.

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HEAVY RAIN WAS VERY LOCALISED AND AS A RESULT RAINFALL OF OVER MILLIMETRES WERE RECORDED IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES WHILE ONLY 2.4 MILLIMETRES FELL AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY HEADQUARTERS IN TSIM SHA TSUI.

THE WEATHER TURNED FINE AGAIN ON APRIL 30.

THERE WAS ONLY ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN APRIL 1994.

TWO AIRCRAFT WERK DIVERTED IN THE MONTH AS A RESULT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER.

VARIOUS MONTHLY

DETAILS ON THE ISSUANCE/HOISTING AND CANCELLATION/LOWERING OF

IN THE MONTH ARE SUMMARISED IN WARNINGS/SIGNALS

TABLE METEOROLOGICAL FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL TABULATED IN TABLE 1.2.

1.1.

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