HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 1 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 32 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 9. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS VERY HIGH.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: MORE THAN 70
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED IN LANTAU ISLAND IN
ISLANDS DISTRICT IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 12:45 P.M.
AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 3:00 P.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER NEW TERRITORIES NORTH.
THE VERY HOT WEATHER WARNING IS NOW IN FORCE. VERY HOT
WEATHER MIGHT CAUSE ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS. MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE CARE TO AVOID HEATSTROKE.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 31 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              33 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 35 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                29 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      31 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     32 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    26 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               34 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    31 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 30 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                27 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    26 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   // DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           28 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  29 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              32 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                31 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                31 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                34 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                32 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     33 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   33 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                28 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         31 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              31 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 34 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 11:45 A.M. AND 12:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED
OVER ALL REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS
WERE:

 

 
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 90 MM;
KWAI TSING                       0 TO 44 MM;
TUEN MUN                         0 TO 36 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 8 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      0 TO 4 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 13:41 HKT ON 07.08.2018