HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 5 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 30 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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.

 

LOCALLY, MORE THAN 30 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED
OVER MANY PLACES IN THE AFTERNOON. RAINFALL EVEN EXCEEDED
100 MILLIMETRES IN TAI PO, NORTH DISTRICT AND TSUEN WAN.
THERE WILL STILL BE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERY SHOWERS OVER
THE VICINITY OF PEARL RIVER ESTUARY IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD STAY ON THE ALERT AND CONTINUE
TO BE AWARE OF THE CHANGE IN WEATHER.

THOUGH RAINSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED, PEOPLE SHOULD
STAY ALERT TO THE DANGER THAT MAY BE BROUGHT ABOUT BY RIVER
FLOODING.

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 THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7:00 P.M. TODAY. 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                 // DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                27 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      26 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     26 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    28 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           25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  27 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              29 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                29 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                27 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                // DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                28 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     29 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   29 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                27 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         30 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 25 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 3:45 AND 4:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
TAI PO                           2 TO 30 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   1 TO 27 MM;
YUEN LONG                        0 TO 20 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        1 TO 19 MM;
TUEN MUN                         0 TO 19 MM;
KWAI TSING                       6 TO 15 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 12 MM;
SHA TIN                          0 TO 10 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 17:21 HKT ON 15.06.2024