PRESS WEATHER NO. 202 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 9 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 25 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 PER
CENT.

 

IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS, AROUND 70 MILLIMETRES OF
RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER SAI KUNG, SHATIN AND TAI PO
DISTRICTS, AND RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 100 MILLIMETRES AT MA
ON SHAN. IT IS EXPECTED THAT HEAVY RAINSTORM WILL AFFECT
THE TERRITORY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC SHOULD STAY ON HIGH ALERT.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE RED RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11:30 P.M. TODAY. A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

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                     25 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    26 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               24 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    24 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 26 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                27 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    25 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   // DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           24 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  24 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                25 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                24 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                25 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                24 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     25 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   23 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                25 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         25 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 24 DEGREES.

 

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

 

 
SAI KUNG                         1 TO 70 MM;
SHA TIN                         18 TO 67 MM;
TAI PO                           0 TO 65 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    15 TO 40 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   5 TO 34 MM;
YUEN LONG                        0 TO 32 MM;
KWUN TONG                       16 TO 31 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                     6 TO 20 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                10 TO 18 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                     3 TO 16 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                    8 TO 13 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       0 TO 10 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 7 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 6 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 6 MM;
WAN CHAI                          1 TO 3 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 21:07 HKT ON 15.09.2023