HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 2 P.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 0.5. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN ADVISORY: RAIN IS PARTICULARLY HEAVY
IN TAI PO DISTRICT AND NORTH DISTRICT OF THE NEW
TERRITORIES, WITH MORE THAN 70 MILLIMETRES OF HOURLY
RAINFALL FALLEN OR EXPECTED TO FALL AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS
FLOODING.

AN ACTIVE SOUTHWEST MONSOON IS BRINGING HEAVY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE COAST OF GUANGDONG. LOCALLY, MORE THAN
30 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER MANY PLACES.
RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 50 MILLIMETRES IN TAI PO AND TSUEN
WAN. HEAVY SHOWERS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO AFFECT HONG KONG
SHORTLY. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD STAY ON THE ALERT AND
CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE CHANGE IN WEATHER.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 3:30 P.M. TODAY. A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF FLOODING IN NORTHERN NEW
TERRITORIES WAS ISSUED AT 2:42 P.M.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 29 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              29 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 27 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                27 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      26 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     27 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    27 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               29 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    28 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 28 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                30 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    28 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   // DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  28 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              29 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                29 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                28 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                30 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                28 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     29 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   29 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                28 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         30 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              28 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 26 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 12:45 AND 1:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER
ALL REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
TAI PO                          14 TO 58 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        7 TO 51 MM;
TUEN MUN                        12 TO 35 MM;
YUEN LONG                        6 TO 33 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   1 TO 26 MM;
SHA TIN                          5 TO 23 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                     4 TO 12 MM;
KWAI TSING                       2 TO 11 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      4 TO 7 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 4 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 3 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      0 TO 3 MM;
SAI KUNG                          0 TO 2 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                          1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 14:43 HKT ON 15.06.2024