PRESS WEATHER NO. 154 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 10 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 24 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.1. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE TROPICAL CYCLONE SIGNAL NO. 8 HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE BLACK RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11:30 A.M. TODAY. 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                 24 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              24 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 21 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                // DEGREES;
TAI PO                      23 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     24 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    22 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               24 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    24 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 24 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                23 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    23 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   // DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           23 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  23 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              24 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                23 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                23 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                24 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                23 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     24 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   23 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                23 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         24 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              22 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 23 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 8:45 AND 9:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
ISLANDS DISTRICT                14 TO 60 MM;
SAI KUNG                        21 TO 37 MM;
TAI PO                           4 TO 37 MM;
SHA TIN                         18 TO 34 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT               11 TO 27 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    16 TO 23 MM;
KWUN TONG                       18 TO 22 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        8 TO 21 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   8 TO 19 MM;
YUEN LONG                       10 TO 19 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                11 TO 18 MM;
WAN CHAI                         0 TO 18 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       0 TO 16 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    12 TO 15 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   10 TO 14 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                    10 TO 13 MM;
KWAI TSING                       9 TO 12 MM;
TUEN MUN                         7 TO 11 MM.

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON SEVERE TROPICAL STORM KOINU AT
10 A.M.:
LOCATION: 21.6 DEGREES NORTH, 113.0 DEGREES EAST; MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WIND NEAR ITS CENTRE: 90 KM/H.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 10:03 HKT ON 09.10.2023