HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 9 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 29 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.3. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN MAY AFFECT HONG KONG IN A COUPLE OF
HOURS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT.

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: MORE THAN 70
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED IN TAI PO DISTRICT IN
THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 8:05 A.M. AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS
FLOODING.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11:45 A.M. TODAY. A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 29 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              30 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 29 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                27 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      27 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     29 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    28 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               28 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    29 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 28 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                30 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    28 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   28 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  28 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              30 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                29 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                29 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                30 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                29 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     29 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   29 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                29 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         29 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              28 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 27 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 7:45 AND 8:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
TAI PO                           3 TO 44 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        3 TO 30 MM;
KWAI TSING                       2 TO 14 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 9 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 7 MM;
TUEN MUN                          2 TO 4 MM;
SAI KUNG                          0 TO 3 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 2 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 1 MM.

 

BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 A.M. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS
27.7 DEGREES CELSIUS AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 09:42 HKT ON 10.08.2017