PRESS WEATHER NO. 006 - HKO READINGS & RADIATION LEVEL
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HKO READINGS & RADIATION LEVEL
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:17 HKT ON 13.08.2019
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER AND RADIATION LEVEL:
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HONG KONG OBSERVATORY
MAXIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE 34.0 C
MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE 29.2 C
GRASS MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 27.6 C
RELATIVE HUMIDITY 68 - 89 PERCENT
RAINFALL 0.4 MM
TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE 1ST JANUARY 1574.3 MM
AGAINST AN AVERAGE OF 1640.1 MM
OTHER STATIONS MIN MAX
KING'S PARK 28.8 C 33.5 C
WONG CHUK HANG 28.8 C 31.6 C
TA KWU LING 27.5 C 35.2 C
LAU FAU SHAN 28.4 C 34.6 C
TAI PO 27.1 C 35.7 C
SHA TIN 28.7 C 33.8 C
TUEN MUN 28.4 C 33.6 C
TSEUNG KWAN O 28.7 C 35.3 C
SAI KUNG 29.1 C 34.7 C
CHEUNG CHAU 27.8 C 33.3 C
CHEK LAP KOK 29.6 C 35.4 C
TSING YI 29.2 C 33.1 C
SHEK KONG 28.9 C 34.9 C
TSUEN WAN HO KOON 27.7 C 31.3 C
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY 29.1 C 32.7 C
HONG KONG PARK 27.8 C 32.7 C
SHAU KEI WAN 28.4 C 33.3 C
KOWLOON CITY 28.6 C 34.6 C
HAPPY VALLEY NO DATA NO DATA
WONG TAI SIN 29.4 C 34.4 C
STANLEY 28.9 C 32.1 C
KWUN TONG 28.8 C 34.1 C
SHAM SHUI PO 29.1 C 33.8 C
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK 28.9 C 34.3 C
YUEN LONG PARK 29.4 C 36.1 C
TAI MEI TUK 27.8 C 36.5 C
DURATION OF SUNSHINE (KING'S PARK): 8.5 H
THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S PARK YESTERDAY WAS 5,
THE UV INTENSITY WAS MODERATE.
THE MAXIMUM UV INDEX FOR YESTERDAY WAS 11.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (WAGLAN ISLAND): NO DATA
YESTERDAY'S (12 AUG 2019) AVERAGE AMBIENT GAMMA RADIATION
DOSE RATE TAKEN OUTDOORS IN HONG KONG RANGED FROM 0.09 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 0.09
KAT O 0.11
YUEN NG FAN 0.11
TAI MEI TUK 0.10
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 0.11
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 00:17 HKT ON 13.08.2019
Ends/Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Issued at HKT 0:17
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