PRESS WEATHER NO. 170 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT NOON AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 26 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.4. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

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

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE TROPICAL CYCLONE SIGNAL NO. 8 HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1:30 P.M. TODAY. OCCASIONAL SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

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

 

BETWEEN 10:45 AND 11:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES EAST. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS
REGIONS WERE:

 

 
WONG TAI SIN                      3 TO 9 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    3 TO 8 MM;
SHA TIN                           4 TO 8 MM;
TAI PO                            2 TO 8 MM;
KWUN TONG                         3 TO 7 MM;
SAI KUNG                          2 TO 6 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      1 TO 6 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                  2 TO 5 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 2 TO 5 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      1 TO 5 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     1 TO 4 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 3 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 3 MM;
YUEN LONG                         1 TO 3 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 2 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 2 MM;
TUEN MUN                               1 MM.

 

3.0 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED AT THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT AND MIDDAY TODAY. 

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM ROKE:
LOCATION: 22.6 DEGREES NORTH, 114.0 DEGREES EAST; MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WIND NEAR ITS CENTRE: 65 KM/H.

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION AT NOON:
LOCATION: 17.9 DEGREES NORTH, 111.1 DEGREES EAST.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:04 HKT ON 23.07.2017