PRESS WEATHER NO. 098 - 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 85 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.

 

LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN ADVISORY: RAIN IS PARTICULARLY HEAVY
IN TAI PO DISTRICT, WITH MORE THAN 70 MILLIMETRES OF HOURLY
RAINFALL FALLEN OR EXPECTED TO FALL AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS
FLOODING.

INTENSE GUSTS REACHING 70 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY
CONTINUE TO 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 10:45 A.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 28 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              29 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 26 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                // DEGREES;
TAI PO                      27 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     27 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    25 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               28 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    28 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 27 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                26 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    26 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  27 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              29 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                30 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                28 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                30 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                29 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     29 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   29 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                27 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         29 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              26 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:

 

 
TAI PO                           0 TO 98 MM;
TUEN MUN                        12 TO 49 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   0 TO 43 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 37 MM;
YUEN LONG                        1 TO 34 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        0 TO 31 MM;
SAI KUNG                         0 TO 14 MM;
SHA TIN                          0 TO 12 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      2 TO 7 MM;
WAN CHAI                          0 TO 1 MM.

 

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

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM DOKSURI AT 8:00
A.M.:
LOCATION: 30.0 DEGREES NORTH, 117.0 DEGREES EAST.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 09:02 HKT ON 29.07.2023