HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 3 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 29 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 85 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.3. 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.

IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS, RAIN WAS HEAVY OVER THE NEW
TERRITORIES. MORE THAN 30 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE
RECORDED OVER MANY PLACES. RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED 80
MILLIMETRES IN TAI PO, NORTH DISTRICT AND TSUEN WAN. HEAVY
SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS 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.

INTENSE GUSTS REACHING 80 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY
AFFECT HONG KONG. MEMBERS OF PUBLIC SHOULD SEEK SAFE
SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 5:00 P.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                25 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      27 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     29 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    26 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               28 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    28 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 27 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                27 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    28 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   // DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  29 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              29 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                27 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                28 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                // DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                29 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     29 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   29 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                29 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         30 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              27 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 27 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 1:45 AND 2:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
TAI PO                           5 TO 84 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   8 TO 79 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        6 TO 47 MM;
YUEN LONG                        2 TO 28 MM;
SAI KUNG                         0 TO 10 MM;
TUEN MUN                         0 TO 10 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 8 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 7 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      0 TO 6 MM;
SHA TIN                           1 TO 4 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                  0 TO 3 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      0 TO 3 MM;
KWUN TONG                         0 TO 3 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 2 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 2 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      1 TO 2 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 15:16 HKT ON 15.06.2024