PRESS WEATHER NO. 218 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 10 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 26 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 PER
CENT.

 

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 RED RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11:30 P.M. TODAY. A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF FLOODING IN NORTHERN NEW
TERRITORIES HAS BEEN ISSUED.

 

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                26 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      26 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     27 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    26 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               26 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    26 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 25 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                26 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    26 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  26 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                25 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                25 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                26 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                26 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     25 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                26 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         26 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              27 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 26 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 8:45 AND 9:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES EAST, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THE RAINFALL
RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT              22 TO 104 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                19 TO 88 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                  10 TO 84 MM;
SAI KUNG                         2 TO 67 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 63 MM;
KWUN TONG                       15 TO 46 MM;
TAI PO                           3 TO 43 MM;
WAN CHAI                        19 TO 32 MM;
SHA TIN                          3 TO 30 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       0 TO 28 MM;
TUEN MUN                         3 TO 27 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                     8 TO 18 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                     2 TO 11 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                    4 TO 10 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 9 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 6 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      3 TO 5 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 3 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 22:02 HKT ON 07.09.2023