PRESS WEATHER NO. 170 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 7 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 28 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 PER
CENT.

 

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

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 9:30 P.M. TODAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF FLOODING IN NORTHERN NEW
TERRITORIES WAS ISSUED AT 7:50 P.M.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

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

 

BETWEEN 5:45 AND 6:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN 
NEW TERRITORIES WEST AND NEW TERRITORIES EAST. THE RAINFALL
RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
NORTH DISTRICT                   8 TO 30 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                     2 TO 26 MM;
SAI KUNG                         0 TO 24 MM;
SHA TIN                          0 TO 23 MM;
YUEN LONG                        0 TO 23 MM;
TAI PO                           0 TO 13 MM;
KWUN TONG                        6 TO 10 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                  0 TO 6 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 5 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 5 MM;
TUEN MUN                          0 TO 4 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     0 TO 4 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      1 TO 3 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 1 MM;
WAN CHAI                          0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 19:51 HKT ON 07.09.2023