PRESS WEATHER NO. 137 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT NOON AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 2. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

AREAS OF THUNDERY SHOWERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AROUND HONG
KONG. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVIER AT TIMES WITH SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE TERRITORY IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT.

VIOLENT GUSTS REACHING 90 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY
AFFECT EASTERN WATERS OF HONG KONG. MEMBERS OF PUBLIC
SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

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

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

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

 

BETWEEN 10:45 AND 11:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
LANTAU, NEW TERRITORIES WEST, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THE
RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 30 MM;
TUEN MUN                         9 TO 29 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        3 TO 22 MM;
YUEN LONG                        4 TO 20 MM;
KWAI TSING                       4 TO 19 MM;
KWUN TONG                        7 TO 10 MM;
SAI KUNG                          3 TO 9 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      4 TO 9 MM;
SHA TIN                           4 TO 8 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        2 TO 7 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 7 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 7 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 7 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      1 TO 6 MM;
WAN CHAI                          1 TO 5 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                  1 TO 4 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      2 TO 4 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     1 TO 2 MM.

 

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

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:06 HKT ON 11.08.2022