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PRESS WEATHER NO. 072 - HOURLY READINGS
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HOURLY READINGS


 
AT 6 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 PER
CENT.


 
ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: RAIN WAS PARTICULARLY
HEAVY IN TUEN MUN DISTRICT AND YUEN LONG DISTRICT, WITH
MORE THAN 70 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL RECORDED IN THE PAST 1
HOUR ENDING AT 5:20 A.M. AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.

GUSTS REACHING 70 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY AFFECT
HONG KONG.


 
PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:


 
THE AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 8:30 A.M. TODAY. A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.


 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:


 
KING'S PARK                 27 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG 27 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING 24 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN 25 DEGREES;
TAI PO 25 DEGREES;
SHA TIN 26 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN 25 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O 26 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG 27 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU 26 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK 28 DEGREES;
TSING YI 27 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG 25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON 26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY 26 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK 27 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN 27 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY 27 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY 27 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN 27 DEGREES;
STANLEY 27 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG 27 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO 27 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK 27 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK 25 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK 25 DEGREES.


 
BETWEEN 4:45 AND 5:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:


 

 
YUEN LONG 0 TO 97 MM;
TUEN MUN 4 TO 86 MM;
TAI PO 0 TO 51 MM;
SAI KUNG 2 TO 40 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT 6 TO 26 MM;
SHA TIN 0 TO 18 MM;
KWUN TONG 4 TO 14 MM;
WONG TAI SIN 9 TO 11 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT 3 TO 10 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO 3 TO 10 MM;
KOWLOON CITY 3 TO 9 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT 0 TO 8 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT 1 TO 7 MM;
TSUEN WAN 3 TO 7 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG 4 TO 6 MM;
KWAI TSING 0 TO 5 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT 2 TO 5 MM;
WAN CHAI 3 TO 5 MM.


DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 06:02 HKT ON 27.05.2019

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