PRESS WEATHER NO. 042 - HOURLY READINGS
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HOURLY READINGS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 04:03 HKT ON 08.09.2023
AT 4 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 25 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 25 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG 26 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU 25 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK 26 DEGREES;
TSING YI 25 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG // 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 26 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 2:45 AND 3:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS
REGIONS WERE:
SOUTHERN DISTRICT 18 TO 120 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT 41 TO 110 MM;
KWUN TONG 42 TO 91 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT 0 TO 79 MM;
SAI KUNG 8 TO 74 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT 12 TO 47 MM;
TAI PO 2 TO 37 MM;
KOWLOON CITY 14 TO 37 MM;
SHA TIN 16 TO 36 MM;
WONG TAI SIN 26 TO 35 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT 0 TO 29 MM;
TSUEN WAN 4 TO 29 MM;
WAN CHAI 0 TO 27 MM;
KWAI TSING 8 TO 23 MM;
YUEN LONG 5 TO 21 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO 15 TO 18 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG 13 TO 14 MM;
TUEN MUN 2 TO 5 MM.
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 04:03 HKT ON 08.09.2023