PRESS WEATHER NO. 096 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 9 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 28 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.1. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: RAIN WAS PARTICULARLY
HEAVY IN TSUEN WAN DISTRICT, WITH ABOUT 70 MILLIMETRES OF
RAINFALL RECORDED IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 9:50 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 11:00 A.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

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

 

BETWEEN 7:45 AND 8:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
TSUEN WAN                       17 TO 33 MM;
TUEN MUN                        12 TO 21 MM;
YUEN LONG                        1 TO 16 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 3 TO 15 MM;
KWAI TSING                      10 TO 14 MM;
SHA TIN                          3 TO 11 MM;
TAI PO                           2 TO 10 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      5 TO 6 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 4 TO 5 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      3 TO 5 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT             4 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                  3 TO 4 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 4 MM;
SAI KUNG                          2 TO 4 MM;
WAN CHAI                               4 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      3 TO 4 MM;
KWUN TONG                         3 TO 4 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     0 TO 3 MM.

 

BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 A.M. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS
28.0 DEGREES CELSIUS AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 09:56 HKT ON 08.06.2020