HKO READINGS & RADIATION LEVEL

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER AND RADIATION LEVEL:
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HONG KONG OBSERVATORY
MAXIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE                       23.2 C
MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE                       15.8 C
GRASS MINIMUM TEMPERATURE                     14.6 C
RELATIVE HUMIDITY                          56 - 81 PERCENT
RAINFALL                                       0.0 MM
TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE 1ST JANUARY              66.7 MM
AGAINST AN AVERAGE OF                         77.3 MM
 
OTHER STATIONS                MIN                  MAX
KING'S PARK                  15.0 C               24.0 C
WONG CHUK HANG               15.8 C               23.2 C
TA KWU LING                  13.0 C               24.8 C
LAU FAU SHAN                 13.6 C               20.8 C
TAI PO                       14.6 C               22.0 C
SHA TIN                      15.0 C               23.6 C
TUEN MUN                     NO DATA             NO DATA
TSEUNG KWAN O                14.1 C               23.1 C
SAI KUNG                     14.7 C               19.8 C
CHEUNG CHAU                  15.0 C               21.1 C
CHEK LAP KOK                 16.3 C               22.5 C
TSING YI                     15.8 C               23.1 C
SHEK KONG                    15.3 C               25.0 C
TSUEN WAN HO KOON            13.9 C               22.7 C
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY   15.1 C               24.1 C
HONG KONG PARK               15.5 C               22.7 C
SHAU KEI WAN                 14.5 C               20.6 C
KOWLOON CITY                 15.0 C               24.0 C
HAPPY VALLEY                 15.6 C               25.1 C
WONG TAI SIN                 15.1 C               23.9 C
STANLEY                      14.9 C               20.7 C
KWUN TONG                    14.4 C               23.0 C
SHAM SHUI PO                 15.3 C               22.6 C
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK          15.6 C               21.1 C
YUEN LONG PARK               14.0 C               24.9 C
TAI MEI TUK                  14.1 C               23.7 C
 
DURATION OF SUNSHINE (KING'S PARK):              8.5 H
 
THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S PARK YESTERDAY WAS 4,
THE UV INTENSITY WAS MODERATE.
THE MAXIMUM UV INDEX FOR YESTERDAY WAS 8.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (WAGLAN ISLAND):        16.8 C
 
YESTERDAY'S (27 FEB 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                             0.09
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                         0.15
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 28.02.2018