PRESS WEATHER NO. 006 - HKO READINGS & RADIATION LEVEL

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HKO READINGS & RADIATION LEVEL

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER AND RADIATION LEVEL:
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HONG KONG OBSERVATORY
MAXIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE                       27.9 C
MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE                       24.3 C
GRASS MINIMUM TEMPERATURE                     23.4 C
RELATIVE HUMIDITY                          74 - 97 PERCENT
RAINFALL                                      31.4 MM
TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE 1ST JANUARY            2054.3 MM
AGAINST AN AVERAGE OF                       2300.6 MM
 
OTHER STATIONS                MIN                  MAX
KING'S PARK                  23.6 C               27.9 C
WONG CHUK HANG               24.4 C               28.9 C
TA KWU LING                  23.8 C               28.3 C
LAU FAU SHAN                 22.9 C               30.8 C
TAI PO                       23.4 C               26.1 C
SHA TIN                      23.7 C               26.8 C
TUEN MUN                     24.1 C               28.6 C
TSEUNG KWAN O                23.6 C               25.4 C
SAI KUNG                     24.3 C               26.1 C
CHEUNG CHAU                  24.1 C               30.3 C
CHEK LAP KOK                 25.2 C               31.0 C
TSING YI                     24.2 C               28.1 C
SHEK KONG                    22.8 C               28.9 C
TSUEN WAN HO KOON            22.3 C               27.0 C
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY   22.9 C               27.8 C
HONG KONG PARK               23.8 C               27.7 C
SHAU KEI WAN                 24.0 C               25.7 C
KOWLOON CITY                 23.6 C               27.8 C
HAPPY VALLEY                 24.0 C               28.6 C
WONG TAI SIN                 23.9 C               26.8 C
STANLEY                      24.8 C               29.0 C
KWUN TONG                    23.9 C               26.8 C
SHAM SHUI PO                 24.0 C               28.8 C
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK          24.2 C               26.1 C
YUEN LONG PARK               23.2 C               29.7 C
TAI MEI TUK                  23.4 C               26.9 C
 
DURATION OF SUNSHINE (KING'S PARK):              2.8 H
 
THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S PARK YESTERDAY WAS 2,
THE UV INTENSITY WAS LOW.
THE MAXIMUM UV INDEX FOR YESTERDAY WAS 6.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (WAGLAN ISLAND):     NO DATA
 
YESTERDAY'S (15 OCT 2018) AVERAGE AMBIENT GAMMA RADIATION
DOSE RATE TAKEN OUTDOORS IN HONG KONG RANGED FROM 0.08 TO
0.14 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                           0.09
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                        0.14

 
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 16.10.2018