HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 1 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 25 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 PER
CENT.

 

THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH REMNANT OF
HAIKUI HAS BROUGHT TORRENTIAL RAIN TO THE COAST OF
GUANGDONG SINCE LAST NIGHT (7 SEPTEMBER). FROM 6 PM LAST
NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT, MORE THAN 70 MM OF RAINFALL WERE
RECORDED IN MOST PARTS OF THE TERRITORY, AND EVEN OVER 200
MM WERE RECORDED IN KOWLOON, THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE
NEW TERRITORIES AND HONG KONG ISLAND. THE OBSERVATORY
HEADQUARTERS RECORDED HOURLY RAINFALL OF 158.1 MM BETWEEN
11 PM LAST NIGHT AND MIDNIGHT, WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST RECORD
SINCE 1884. DUE TO SERIOUS ROAD FLOODING AND ADVERSE
WEATHER, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO
SAFETY.

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 BLACK RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 5:30 A.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE LANDSLIP WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF FLOODING IN NORTHERN NEW
TERRITORIES HAS BEEN ISSUED.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

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

 

BETWEEN 11:45 P.M. AND 0:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED
OVER ALL REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS
WERE:

 

 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT              10 TO 147 MM;
TAI PO                          2 TO 113 MM;
SHA TIN                        30 TO 111 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT               49 TO 105 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                 16 TO 103 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    82 TO 99 MM;
KWUN TONG                       52 TO 83 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    66 TO 81 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                    34 TO 68 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   56 TO 65 MM;
YUEN LONG                        7 TO 55 MM;
WAN CHAI                        43 TO 54 MM;
SAI KUNG                         3 TO 52 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       0 TO 49 MM;
TSUEN WAN                       22 TO 36 MM;
KWAI TSING                      25 TO 35 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 1 TO 30 MM;
TUEN MUN                         7 TO 28 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 01:49 HKT ON 08.09.2023