PRESS WEATHER NO. 090 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 9 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 26 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.3. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS, MORE THAN 50 MM OF RAINFALL
WAS RECORDED OVER THE EASTERN PART OF HONG KONG ISLAND,
KOWLOON, SHATIN AND TAI PO. THUNDERY HEAVY SHOWERS ARE
STILL DEVELOPING OVER THE WATERS TO THE SOUTH OF THE
TERRITORY AND MOVING NORTHWARDS. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
PERSIST OVER THE TERRITORY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE RED RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11:00 A.M. TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 26 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              27 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 26 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                27 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      26 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     28 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    26 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               26 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    27 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 25 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                26 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    26 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   // DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  25 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                26 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                25 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                27 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                26 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     26 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   26 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                26 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         26 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 26 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 7:45 AND 8:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES EAST, NEW TERRITORIES WEST, HONG KONG AND
KOWLOON. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
TAI PO                           0 TO 41 MM;
SHA TIN                          2 TO 38 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    15 TO 38 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   11 TO 32 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                     1 TO 31 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                     2 TO 26 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 25 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        0 TO 15 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 14 MM;
TUEN MUN                         0 TO 11 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 9 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 9 MM;
WAN CHAI                          0 TO 2 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 2 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 1 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 1 MM;
KWUN TONG                         0 TO 1 MM.

 

BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 A.M. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS
25.6 DEGREES CELSIUS AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 09:02 HKT ON 14.09.2023