PRESS WEATHER NO. 066 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 4 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 26 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 RED 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 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF FLOODING IN NORTHERN NEW
TERRITORIES HAS BEEN ISSUED.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

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

 

BETWEEN 2:45 AND 3:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 2 TO 70 MM;
KWUN TONG                       50 TO 64 MM;
SAI KUNG                        19 TO 61 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT      35 TO 54 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                33 TO 53 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    42 TO 50 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   41 TO 48 MM;
WAN CHAI                        39 TO 45 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT               22 TO 41 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    34 TO 41 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                    27 TO 39 MM;
SHA TIN                         11 TO 33 MM;
KWAI TSING                      17 TO 28 MM;
TAI PO                           1 TO 17 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        3 TO 16 MM;
YUEN LONG                        0 TO 12 MM;
TUEN MUN                         0 TO 10 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 5 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 04:02 HKT ON 21.05.2020