HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 2 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 26 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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                      25 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           // 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 0:45 AND 1:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES EAST, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THE RAINFALL
RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
ISLANDS DISTRICT                0 TO 122 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT              17 TO 119 MM;
TAI PO                          2 TO 106 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT               62 TO 104 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                  16 TO 83 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        9 TO 74 MM;
KWAI TSING                      34 TO 71 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    49 TO 61 MM;
KWUN TONG                       53 TO 61 MM;
WAN CHAI                        42 TO 60 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                    53 TO 60 MM;
SHA TIN                         19 TO 57 MM;
YUEN LONG                        7 TO 54 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    41 TO 49 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   41 TO 48 MM;
SAI KUNG                         1 TO 43 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       0 TO 33 MM;
TUEN MUN                         4 TO 10 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 02:05 HKT ON 08.09.2023