HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 10 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 29 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 PER
CENT.

 

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN MAY AFFECT HONG KONG SHORTLY. MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT.

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: RAIN WAS PARTICULARLY
HEAVY IN SAI KUNG DISTRICT, WITH MORE THAN 70 MILLIMETRES
OF RAINFALL RECORDED IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 10:10
P.M. AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.

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

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11:15 P.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

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

 

BETWEEN 8:45 AND 9:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
SAI KUNG                         0 TO 41 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 26 MM;
TAI PO                           0 TO 16 MM;
TUEN MUN                         0 TO 14 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                     7 TO 12 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        0 TO 10 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 8 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      0 TO 7 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 6 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 6 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     0 TO 3 MM;
KWUN TONG                         0 TO 2 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 1 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 22:16 HKT ON 16.08.2019