PRESS WEATHER NO. 110 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 8 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 24 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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. BESIDES, IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT
8:30 A.M., MORE THAN 140 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL HAVE BEEN
RECORDED IN TSEUNG KWAN O IN SAI KUNG DISTRICT.

UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE, THUNDERY
SHOWERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE TERRITORY. IN THE PAST
ONE HOUR, EXCEPTIONALLY SEVERE RAINSTORM AFFECTED TSEUNG
KWAN O, OVER 140 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL HAVE BEEN
RECORDED. IT IS EXPECTED THAT EXCEPTIONALLY SEVERE
RAINSTORM WILL AFFECT SOME AREAS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE
TERRITORY. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD STAY ON HIGH ALERT.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11:30 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                     25 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    24 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               23 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    24 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 24 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                24 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              24 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                23 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                23 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                24 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                24 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     24 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 6:45 AND 7:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
SAI KUNG                        8 TO 112 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 5 TO 58 MM;
TAI PO                           0 TO 28 MM;
KWUN TONG                        6 TO 20 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 18 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                0 TO 17 MM;
SHA TIN                          1 TO 11 MM;
WAN CHAI                          6 TO 9 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      4 TO 7 MM;
TUEN MUN                          0 TO 6 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     2 TO 6 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      1 TO 5 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 3 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 3 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 2 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      1 TO 2 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 1 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 08:46 HKT ON 04.05.2024