HOURLY READINGS


 

AT NOON AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 25 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.6. 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.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 3:00 P.M. TODAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 25 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              24 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 25 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                26 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      25 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     25 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    25 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               24 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    24 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 25 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                26 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    25 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           24 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  25 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                24 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                24 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                25 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                25 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     24 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                25 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         25 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 24 DEGREES.

 

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

 

 
SAI KUNG                         4 TO 31 MM;
TUEN MUN                         0 TO 29 MM;
TAI PO                           4 TO 24 MM;
YUEN LONG                        0 TO 24 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 1 TO 23 MM;
SHA TIN                          4 TO 21 MM;
KWAI TSING                       4 TO 15 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 2 TO 14 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        4 TO 13 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                     2 TO 12 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                3 TO 10 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        6 TO 9 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      5 TO 9 MM;
WAN CHAI                          3 TO 6 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     4 TO 6 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      2 TO 6 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    1 TO 5 MM;
KWUN TONG                         2 TO 4 MM.

 

14.9 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED AT THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT AND MIDDAY TODAY. 
615.1 MM OF RAINFALL HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY IN AUGUST THIS YEAR. THE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL
SINCE 1ST JANUARY UP TO THE END OF AUGUST THIS YEAR WAS
1590.0 MM COMPARED WITH THE NORMAL OF 1905.5 MM FOR THE
SAME PERIOD.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:05 HKT ON 01.09.2018