PRESS WEATHER NO. 040 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 2 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 26 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 PER
CENT.

 

INTENSE GUSTS REACHING 70 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY
AFFECT HONG KONG. MEMBERS OF PUBLIC SHOULD SEEK SAFE
SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 5:00 A.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

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

 

BETWEEN 0:45 AND 1:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
SAI KUNG                        11 TO 38 MM;
TUEN MUN                        10 TO 29 MM;
YUEN LONG                        3 TO 22 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 19 MM;
KWUN TONG                       15 TO 19 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        6 TO 17 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 8 TO 16 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   12 TO 16 MM;
TAI PO                           0 TO 15 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                     8 TO 15 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       4 TO 11 MM;
KWAI TSING                       0 TO 11 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                     7 TO 11 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      6 TO 9 MM;
SHA TIN                           2 TO 7 MM;
WAN CHAI                          4 TO 7 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 5 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 4 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 02:02 HKT ON 21.05.2020