PRESS WEATHER NO. 080 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 7 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 29 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 PER
CENT.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: RAIN WAS PARTICULARLY
HEAVY IN SAI KUNG DISTRICT AND TAI PO DISTRICT, WITH MORE
THAN 70 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL RECORDED IN THE PAST 2
HOURS ENDING AT 7:15 A.M. AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.

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 10:30 A.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE LANDSLIP WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 28 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              28 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 26 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                27 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      25 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     26 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    26 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               28 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    27 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 27 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                27 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    28 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  27 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              28 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                28 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                28 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                29 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                28 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     28 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   29 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                28 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         28 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              27 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 25 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 5:45 AND 6:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
SAI KUNG                         0 TO 65 MM;
TAI PO                           5 TO 41 MM;
SHA TIN                         11 TO 27 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   2 TO 24 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        6 TO 23 MM;
YUEN LONG                        0 TO 22 MM;
KWAI TSING                       6 TO 20 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    13 TO 18 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                     1 TO 14 MM;
TUEN MUN                         0 TO 12 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                     3 TO 10 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 9 MM;
KWUN TONG                         1 TO 9 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     3 TO 7 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                  0 TO 3 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 2 MM;
WAN CHAI                          0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 07:26 HKT ON 07.06.2020