PRESS WEATHER NO. 097 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT NOON AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 32 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 9. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS VERY HIGH.

 

THE BAND OF THUNDERY SHOWERS OVER SHENZHEN IS GRADUALLY
MOVING SOUTHWARDS. IT WILL BRING SHOWERS AND SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS TO HONG KONG IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT.

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 THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED AT 12:15 P.M. IT WILL
REMAIN EFFECTIVE UNTIL 2:00 P.M. TODAY. ISOLATED SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE VERY HOT WEATHER WARNING IS NOW IN FORCE. THE PUBLIC
SHOULD BEWARE OF HEAT STROKE AND DRINK MORE WATER.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 33 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              31 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 33 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                // DEGREES;
TAI PO                      34 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     34 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    32 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               34 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    35 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 31 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                33 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    32 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   33 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           31 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  33 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              31 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                32 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                33 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                33 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                33 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     31 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   33 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                33 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         33 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              34 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 35 DEGREES.

 

NO RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY
BETWEEN MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT AND MIDDAY TODAY. 

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:16 HKT ON 17.08.2023