HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 3 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 25 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.6. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: MORE THAN 70
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OF HONG KONG ISLAND IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 3:15 P.M.
AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.

TROPICAL CYCLONE HAIMA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART
OF LUZON AND ENTER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ON THURSDAY MORNING.
THE OBSERVATORY WILL ISSUE STANDBY SIGNAL, NO. 1 BY THEN.
ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT FORECAST TRACK, HAIMA WILL EDGE
CLOSER TO THE COAST OF GUANGDONG ON FRIDAY, AND MAY SKIRT
WITHIN 100 KILOMETERS OF HONG KONG, POSING A THREAT TO THE
TERRITORY. THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE
SIGNIFICANTLY ON FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE FREQUENT SQUALLS AND
HEAVY RAIN. SEAS WILL BE ROUGH WITH SWELLS. MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT AND TAKE ALL PRECAUTIONS AS
EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

GUSTS REACHING 70 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY AFFECT
HONG KONG.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 4:30 P.M. TODAY. ISOLATED SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE LANDSLIP WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF FLOODING IN NORTHERN NEW
TERRITORIES HAS BEEN ISSUED.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 25 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              25 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 25 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                26 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      25 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     25 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    26 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               25 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    25 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 25 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                27 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    26 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  25 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                25 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                25 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                25 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                25 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     25 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                25 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         26 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              26 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 1:45 AND 2:45 P.M., THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN
VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                2 TO 59 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   2 TO 48 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                30 TO 44 MM;
SAI KUNG                         3 TO 43 MM;
TAI PO                           0 TO 42 MM;
KWUN TONG                       33 TO 39 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 35 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    24 TO 34 MM;
SHA TIN                          7 TO 28 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    22 TO 27 MM;
WAN CHAI                        15 TO 22 MM;
YUEN LONG                        0 TO 19 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                         17 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                     4 TO 16 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 8 MM;
KWAI TSING                        2 TO 8 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 5 MM.

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM SARIKA AT NOON:
LOCATION: 21.2 DEGREES NORTH, 108.1 DEGREES EAST.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 15:18 HKT ON 19.10.2016