HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 6 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 8:30 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                   // 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                26 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     26 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                25 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         26 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 25 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 4:45 AND 5:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
LANTAU, NEW TERRITORIES EAST, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THE
RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                7 TO 87 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 3 TO 85 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       0 TO 79 MM;
WAN CHAI                         0 TO 72 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                10 TO 63 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                    35 TO 41 MM;
KWUN TONG                       21 TO 35 MM;
KWAI TSING                      20 TO 34 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    27 TO 33 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   28 TO 31 MM;
YUEN LONG                        6 TO 29 MM;
TAI PO                           1 TO 27 MM;
SHA TIN                          8 TO 25 MM;
TSUEN WAN                       12 TO 25 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    21 TO 25 MM;
SAI KUNG                         0 TO 22 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   4 TO 14 MM;
TUEN MUN                         3 TO 10 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 06:02 HKT ON 08.09.2023