HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 4 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 28 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.1. 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                 27 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              29 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 25 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                26 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      25 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     26 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                    27 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   // DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  27 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              28 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                29 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                26 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                29 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                27 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     28 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   27 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                27 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         29 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 25 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 2:45 AND 3:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
NORTH DISTRICT                  10 TO 50 MM;
TAI PO                           4 TO 36 MM;
TUEN MUN                         7 TO 30 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        0 TO 24 MM;
YUEN LONG                        5 TO 21 MM;
SAI KUNG                         0 TO 19 MM;
SHA TIN                          1 TO 19 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 3 TO 18 MM;
KWUN TONG                        4 TO 12 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                     7 TO 10 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      4 TO 8 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 6 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        1 TO 5 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     3 TO 5 MM;
WAN CHAI                          0 TO 3 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      1 TO 3 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 2 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 16:02 HKT ON 15.06.2024