HOURLY READINGS


 

AT NOON AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 29 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 2. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
PARTS OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IS INTENSIFYING GRADUALLY. IT
IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE LATER TODAY.
ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT FORECAST, THE TROPICAL CYCLONE
WILL ENTER WITHIN 800 KILOMETRES OF HONG KONG TOMORROW, AND
HAVING A HIGHER CHANCE TO MOVE TOWARDS THE VICINITY OF
HAINAN ISLAND AND WESTERN GUANGDONG AFTERWARDS. HOWEVER,
ITS MOVEMENT AND INTENSITY ARE STILL QUITE UNCERTAIN.
DEPENDING ON ITS MOVEMENT, THE OBSERVATORY WILL CONSIDER
ISSUING THE STANDBY SIGNAL, NO. 1 TOMORROW (20 JULY)
AFTERNOON TO TOMORROW NIGHT. UNDER ITS INFLUENCE, THERE
WILL BE SQUALLY SHOWERS AND IT WILL BE WINDY OFFSHORE AND
ON HIGH GROUND IN THE VICINITY OF THE PEARL RIVER ESTUARY
ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE
NOTE OF THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1:30 P.M. TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER NEW TERRITORIES EAST, HONG KONG
ISLAND AND KOWLOON.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 28 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              28 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 29 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                28 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      28 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     29 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    28 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               29 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    31 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 27 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                29 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    27 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   // DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  28 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              28 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                29 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                29 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                29 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                29 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     29 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   // DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                28 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         // DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              28 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 29 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 10:45 AND 11:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES EAST, NEW TERRITORIES WEST, HONG KONG AND
KOWLOON. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
TSUEN WAN                        0 TO 12 MM;
KWAI TSING                       1 TO 11 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 9 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 7 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 6 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      1 TO 5 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      2 TO 4 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     1 TO 3 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 2 MM;
SAI KUNG                          0 TO 2 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      1 TO 2 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 1 MM.

 

39.9 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED AT THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT AND MIDDAY TODAY. 

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:46 HKT ON 19.07.2024