PRESS WEATHER NO. 159 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 5 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 31 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 HAS INTENSIFIED INTO A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION. ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT FORECAST, THE
TROPICAL DEPRESSION WILL ENTER WITHIN 800 KILOMETRES OF
HONG KONG TONIGHT TO TOMORROW MORNING, AND HAVE 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.
THERE WILL BE SWELLS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE
NOTE OF THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST.

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 30 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              32 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 31 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                31 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      30 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     31 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    31 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               30 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    31 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 30 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                32 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    30 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   // DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           28 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  30 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              30 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                30 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                31 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                32 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                31 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     33 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   31 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                31 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         31 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              31 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 29 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 3:45 AND 4:45 P.M., THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN
VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 1 MM.

 

THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION HAS INTENSIFIED INTO A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION.
 
HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION AT 4 P.M.:
LOCATION: 14.4 DEGREES NORTH, 117.6 DEGREES EAST.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 17:02 HKT ON 19.07.2024