PRESS WEATHER NO. 143 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT NOON AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 25 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.6. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERY SHOWERS IS MOVING ACROSS THE
PEARL RIVER ESTUARY, AND WILL BRING SHOWERS AND SQUALLS TO
HONG KONG IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT.

INTENSE GUSTS REACHING 70 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY
AFFECT HONG KONG. MEMBERS OF PUBLIC SHOULD SEEK SAFE
SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 2:00 P.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 24 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              25 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 23 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                24 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      23 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     25 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    24 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               24 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    24 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 24 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                26 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    25 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           23 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  24 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                24 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                24 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                25 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                25 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     24 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   23 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                25 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         24 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 22 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 10:45 AND 11:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES EAST, NEW TERRITORIES WEST, HONG KONG AND
KOWLOON. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
SHA TIN                          0 TO 11 MM;
SAI KUNG                          0 TO 9 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 9 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 9 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 6 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 4 MM;
TUEN MUN                          0 TO 2 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 1 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 1 MM;
KWUN TONG                         0 TO 1 MM.

 

3 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED AT THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT AND MIDDAY TODAY. 

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:02 HKT ON 06.04.2024