HOURLY READINGS


 

AT NOON AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 28 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 2. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NOW OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE
SOUTH CHINA SEA MAINTAINS A DISTANCE OF AROUND 800
KILOMETERS FROM HONG KONG, AND ITS STRUCTURE IS RELATIVELY
LOOSE.  ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT FORECAST, THE AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE
LATER TONIGHT (8 AUGUST) TO TOMORROW (9 AUGUST) MORNING.
DEPENDING ON ITS ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT AND MOVEMENT, THE
OBSERVATORY WILL CONSIDER ISSUING THE STANDBY SIGNAL, NO. 1
TOMORROW MORNING. 
 
THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARDS THE
VICINITY OF WESTERN GUANGDONG AND HAINAN ISLAND AFTERWARDS.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ITS OUTER RAINBANDS, IT WILL BE
WINDY WITH HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
HONG KONG ON TUESDAY (9 AUGUST) AND WEDNESDAY (10 AUGUST).
THERE WILL BE SWELLS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE
NOTE OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE OBSERVATORY
AND BE PREPARED FOR THE WINDY AND RAINY WEATHER.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 2:00 P.M. TODAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 27 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              29 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 31 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                30 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      28 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     28 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    30 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               27 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    29 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 27 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                29 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    28 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   30 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  27 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              27 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                27 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                28 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                29 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                28 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     28 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   28 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                28 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         28 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              31 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 28 DEGREES.

 

24.7 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED AT THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT AND MIDDAY TODAY. 

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:16 HKT ON 08.08.2022