PRESS WEATHER NO. 172 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 11 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 RED RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1:30 P.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                 23 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              24 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 21 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                // DEGREES;
TAI PO                      22 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     24 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    22 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               23 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    23 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 23 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                23 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    23 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   // DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           22 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  23 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              23 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              21 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 23 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 9:45 AND 10:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
LANTAU, NEW TERRITORIES EAST, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THE
RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       0 TO 61 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT               36 TO 59 MM;
WAN CHAI                         0 TO 52 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 6 TO 46 MM;
KWAI TSING                      32 TO 42 MM;
SHA TIN                         25 TO 42 MM;
SAI KUNG                        13 TO 41 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                28 TO 38 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                    32 TO 38 MM;
KWUN TONG                       34 TO 38 MM;
TUEN MUN                        18 TO 37 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                          37 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    32 TO 34 MM;
TAI PO                           8 TO 33 MM;
TSUEN WAN                       18 TO 33 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   30 TO 33 MM;
YUEN LONG                       19 TO 31 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                  13 TO 26 MM.

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON SEVERE TROPICAL STORM KOINU AT
11 A.M.:
LOCATION: 21.6 DEGREES NORTH, 112.9 DEGREES EAST; MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WIND NEAR ITS CENTRE: 90 KM/H.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 11:03 HKT ON 09.10.2023