PRESS WEATHER NO. 128 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 10 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 24 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.8. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

HEAVY SHOWERS CONTINUED TO AFFECT THE TERRITORY. IN THE
PAST ONE HOUR, SEVERE RAINSTORM AFFECTED SAI KUNG. MORE
THAN 100 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL HAVE BEEN RECORDED. IT IS
EXPECTED THAT SEVERE RAINSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOME
AREAS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE TERRITORY. MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC SHOULD STAY ON HIGH ALERT.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE RED 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                 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               23 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    23 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              24 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                24 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                24 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                26 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                24 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     24 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   23 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                25 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         24 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              24 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 23 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 8:45 AND 9:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN 
NEW TERRITORIES EAST, NEW TERRITORIES WEST AND LANTAU. THE
RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
KWUN TONG                       20 TO 92 MM;
SAI KUNG                         0 TO 86 MM;
TAI PO                           5 TO 62 MM;
SHA TIN                          4 TO 34 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   1 TO 32 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 1 TO 18 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                     4 TO 16 MM;
TUEN MUN                         3 TO 13 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                     1 TO 11 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 9 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 1 TO 7 MM;
YUEN LONG                         2 TO 7 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 3 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      2 TO 3 MM;
KWAI TSING                        1 TO 2 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 1 MM;
WAN CHAI                          0 TO 1 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 10:02 HKT ON 04.05.2024