HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 7 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 24 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 PER
CENT.

 

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN MAY AFFECT HONG KONG IN A COUPLE OF
HOURS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT.

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. BESIDES, IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT
5:40 A.M., MORE THAN 100 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL HAVE BEEN
RECORDED IN TSEUNG KWAN O IN SAI KUNG.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 9:00 A.M. TODAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

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

 

BETWEEN 5:45 AND 6:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN 
NEW TERRITORIES EAST AND LANTAU. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN
VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
SAI KUNG                         7 TO 69 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 2 TO 33 MM;
KWUN TONG                        4 TO 22 MM;
TAI PO                           0 TO 18 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 7 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      1 TO 5 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        1 TO 3 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 3 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 2 MM;
WAN CHAI                          1 TO 2 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      1 TO 2 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 1 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 1 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     0 TO 1 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                           1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 07:10 HKT ON 04.05.2024