HOURLY READINGS


 

AT NOON AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.0. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN ADVISORY: RAIN IS PARTICULARLY HEAVY
IN SAI KUNG DISTRICT, WITH MORE THAN 70 MILLIMETRES OF
HOURLY RAINFALL FALLEN OR EXPECTED TO FALL AND MAY CAUSE
SERIOUS FLOODING.

THE BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERY SHOWERS OVER THE PEARL RIVER
ESTUARY IS GRADUALLY MOVING EASTWARDS. HEAVY SHOWERS AND
SEVERE SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER HONG KONG IN
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE
ON THE ALERT.

VIOLENT GUSTS REACHING 90 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY
AFFECT HONG KONG. MEMBERS OF PUBLIC SHOULD SEEK SAFE
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 12:45 P.M. TODAY. SEVERE SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 26 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              26 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 23 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                24 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      24 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     26 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    25 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               23 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    24 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 24 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                25 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                23 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                25 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                27 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                25 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     26 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   24 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                26 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         25 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 23 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 10:45 AND 11:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER
ALL REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
NORTH DISTRICT                  19 TO 51 MM;
SHA TIN                         18 TO 39 MM;
TAI PO                          12 TO 36 MM;
YUEN LONG                        3 TO 36 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        6 TO 34 MM;
SAI KUNG                         4 TO 33 MM;
KWAI TSING                       7 TO 24 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 2 TO 18 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                     9 TO 13 MM;
KWUN TONG                        8 TO 10 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                  5 TO 9 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      3 TO 8 MM;
WAN CHAI                          5 TO 7 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 2 TO 6 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        3 TO 5 MM;
TUEN MUN                          2 TO 5 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     3 TO 4 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                           4 MM.

 

35.0 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 23.04.2024