HOURLY READINGS


 

AT NOON AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 29 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 3. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS MODERATE.

 

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 2:00 P.M. TODAY. A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF FLOODING IN NORTHERN NEW
TERRITORIES WAS ISSUED AT 12:55 P.M.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 29 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              26 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 29 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                30 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      31 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     31 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    28 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               29 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    29 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 24 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                28 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    28 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   32 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  28 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              29 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                28 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                29 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                29 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                30 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     27 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   29 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                28 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         29 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              29 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 30 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 10:45 AND 11:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER
ALL REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 52 MM;
TAI PO                           0 TO 37 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                0 TO 10 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 6 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 3 MM;
SAI KUNG                          0 TO 3 MM;
TUEN MUN                          0 TO 2 MM;
KWUN TONG                         0 TO 2 MM;
WAN CHAI                          0 TO 1 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 1 MM.

 

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

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:58 HKT ON 19.08.2023