PRESS WEATHER NO. 078 - HOURLY READINGS
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HOURLY READINGS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 06:31 HKT ON 08.09.2020
AT 6 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 PER
CENT.
ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: RAIN WAS PARTICULARLY
HEAVY IN SAI KUNG DISTRICT, SHA TIN DISTRICT AND WONG TAI
SIN DISTRICT, WITH MORE THAN 70 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL
RECORDED IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 4:40 A.M. AND MAY
CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.
PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:
THE AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10:00 A.M. TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:
KING'S PARK 26 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG 28 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING 25 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN 26 DEGREES;
TAI PO 25 DEGREES;
SHA TIN 25 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN 27 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O 27 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG 26 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU 26 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK 28 DEGREES;
TSING YI 26 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG 25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON 25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY 25 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK 26 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN 26 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY 25 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY 26 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN 25 DEGREES;
STANLEY 26 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG // DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO 26 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK 26 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK 26 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK 25 DEGREES.
BETWEEN 4:45 AND 5:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES EAST, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THE RAINFALL
RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:
SHA TIN 0 TO 72 MM;
WONG TAI SIN 30 TO 66 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT 4 TO 54 MM;
KOWLOON CITY 8 TO 47 MM;
TAI PO 0 TO 37 MM;
TSUEN WAN 0 TO 29 MM;
YUEN LONG 0 TO 26 MM;
SAI KUNG 0 TO 25 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG 0 TO 19 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT 2 TO 15 MM;
KWAI TSING 1 TO 13 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT 0 TO 13 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO 0 TO 10 MM;
KWUN TONG 2 TO 10 MM;
TUEN MUN 0 TO 9 MM;
WAN CHAI 5 TO 8 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT 0 TO 5 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT 0 TO 4 MM.
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 06:31 HKT ON 08.09.2020