PRESS WEATHER NO. 008 - HOURLY READINGS
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HOURLY READINGS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:16 HKT ON 17.08.2019
AT MIDNIGHT AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR
TEMPERATURE WAS 28 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE
HUMIDITY 85 PER CENT.
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.
PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 2:30 A.M. TODAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:
KING'S PARK 27 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG 26 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING 27 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN 26 DEGREES;
TAI PO 26 DEGREES;
SHA TIN 27 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN 26 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O 27 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG 27 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU 27 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK 27 DEGREES;
TSING YI 26 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG 26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON 25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY 26 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK 26 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN 28 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY 27 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY 27 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN 27 DEGREES;
STANLEY 27 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG 28 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO 27 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK 28 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK 26 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK 27 DEGREES.
BETWEEN 10:45 AND 11:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES WEST AND LANTAU. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN
VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:
ISLANDS DISTRICT 0 TO 17 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT 0 TO 4 MM;
WAN CHAI 0 TO 4 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT 0 TO 3 MM;
SAI KUNG 0 TO 2 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT 0 TO 1 MM;
TAI PO 0 TO 1 MM.
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:16 HKT ON 17.08.2019