PRESS WEATHER NO. 114 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 10 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 30 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.4. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERY SHOWERS CONTINUES TO AFFECT
HONG KONG. IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS, HEAVY RAIN WAS
MAINLY OVER THE NEW TERRITORIES. MORE THAN 50 MILLIMETRES
OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MANY PLACES IN THE NEW
TERRITORIES, AND RAINFALL EVEN REACHED 100 MILLIMETRES IN
PARTS OF TSUEN WAN AND YUEN LONG. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
SHOULD STAY ON THE ALERT AND CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE
CHANGE IN WEATHER.

 

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 SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF FLOODING IN NORTHERN NEW
TERRITORIES HAS BEEN ISSUED.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 29 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              29 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 26 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                26 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      26 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     28 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    27 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               29 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    29 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 28 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                28 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    28 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   // DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  29 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              29 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                29 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                29 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                29 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                29 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     29 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   29 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                29 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         29 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              27 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 27 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 8:45 AND 9:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
TSUEN WAN                       10 TO 55 MM;
YUEN LONG                        6 TO 55 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                  10 TO 43 MM;
TAI PO                           0 TO 38 MM;
KWAI TSING                       1 TO 27 MM;
TUEN MUN                         9 TO 27 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 24 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 4 MM;
SAI KUNG                          0 TO 1 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 10:20 HKT ON 14.06.2024