HKO READINGS & RADIATION LEVEL

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER AND RADIATION LEVEL:
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HONG KONG OBSERVATORY
MAXIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE                       17.2 C
MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE                       12.0 C
GRASS MINIMUM TEMPERATURE                      9.6 C
RELATIVE HUMIDITY                          54 - 85 PERCENT
RAINFALL                                         0 MM
TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE 1ST JANUARY              41.8 MM
AGAINST AN AVERAGE OF                          9.9 MM
 
OTHER STATIONS                MIN                  MAX
KING'S PARK                  10.7 C               18.3 C
WONG CHUK HANG               11.1 C               18.7 C
TA KWU LING                  5.8 C               20.6 C
LAU FAU SHAN                 8.7 C               20.9 C
TAI PO                       9.5 C               17.8 C
SHA TIN                      8.6 C               19.0 C
TUEN MUN                     9.9 C               21.3 C
TSEUNG KWAN O                9.6 C               18.6 C
SAI KUNG                     9.6 C               16.7 C
CHEUNG CHAU                  11.6 C               18.8 C
CHEK LAP KOK                 12.0 C               19.7 C
TSING YI                     11.2 C               20.1 C
SHEK KONG                    8.8 C               20.7 C
TSUEN WAN HO KOON            8.8 C               20.6 C
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY   9.4 C               20.4 C
HONG KONG PARK               11.3 C               18.9 C
SHAU KEI WAN                 11.2 C               17.3 C
KOWLOON CITY                 10.9 C               20.0 C
HAPPY VALLEY                 11.4 C               18.9 C
WONG TAI SIN                 11.6 C               19.4 C
STANLEY                      12.3 C               17.1 C
KWUN TONG                    11.1 C               17.8 C
SHAM SHUI PO                 11.0 C               20.2 C
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK          12.5 C               17.2 C
YUEN LONG PARK               7.3 C               21.3 C
TAI MEI TUK                  10.3 C               18.8 C
 
DURATION OF SUNSHINE (KING'S PARK):              9.9 H
 
THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S PARK YESTERDAY WAS 3,
THE UV INTENSITY WAS MODERATE.
THE MAXIMUM UV INDEX FOR YESTERDAY WAS 6.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (WAGLAN ISLAND):        16.3 C
 
YESTERDAY'S (14 JAN 2018) AVERAGE AMBIENT GAMMA RADIATION
DOSE RATE TAKEN OUTDOORS IN HONG KONG RANGED FROM 0.08 TO
0.15 MICROSIEVERT PER HOUR.  THESE ARE WITHIN THE NORMAL
RANGE OF FLUCTUATION OF THE BACKGROUND RADIATION LEVEL IN
HONG KONG (SEE NOTE). THE AVERAGE DOSE RATES MEASURED AT
THE RADIATION MONITORING STATIONS OVER VARIOUS PARTS OF THE
TERRITORY WERE AS FOLLOWS :
 
STATION                     YESTERDAY'S AVERAGE
                            (MICROSIEVERT/HOUR)
PING CHAU                           0.08
TAP MUN                             0.08
KAT O                               0.10
YUEN NG FAN                         0.12
TAI MEI TUK                         0.12
SHA TAU KOK                         0.10
KWUN TONG                           0.12
SAI WAN HO                          0.09
KING'S PARK                         0.14
TSIM BEI TSUI                       0.13
CAPE D'AGUILAR                      0.13
CHEK LAP KOK                        0.15

 
NOTE
1.     FROM READINGS TAKEN AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN HONG KONG IN THE
       PAST, THE HOURLY MEAN AMBIENT GAMMA RADIATION DOSE RATE MAY 
       VARY BETWEEN 0.06 AND 0.3 MICROSIEVERT PER HOUR. 
       (1 MICROSIEVERT = 0.000001 SIEVERT = 0.001 MILLISIEVERT)
 
2.     TEMPORAL VARIATIONS ARE GENERALLY CAUSED BY CHANGES IN
       METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS SUCH AS RAINFALL, WIND AND 
       BAROMETRIC PRESSURE.
 
3.     SPATIAL VARIATIONS ARE GENERALLY CAUSED BY DIFFERENCES IN 
       THE RADIOACTIVE CONTENT OF LOCAL ROCK AND SOIL.
 
4.     THE DATA DISPLAYED IS PROVISIONAL. ONLY LIMITED DATA 
       VALIDATION HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:15 HKT ON 15.01.2018