HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 9 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 25 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.2. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

THE AREAS OF INTENSE THUNDERY SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE
VICINITY OF THE PEARL RIVER ESTUARY. WHETHER THE RED
RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED DEPENDS ON THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREAS OF THUNDERY SHOWERS. MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT AND TAKE NOTE OF THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

INTENSE GUSTS REACHING 80 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY
CONTINUE TO 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 11:00 A.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 25 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              25 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 25 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                25 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      25 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     26 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    25 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               25 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    25 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 25 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                27 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    25 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           24 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  25 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                25 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                24 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                26 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                25 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     25 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                25 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         25 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 25 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 7:45 AND 8:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES EAST, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THE RAINFALL
RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 3 TO 45 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT      27 TO 44 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                8 TO 36 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   23 TO 32 MM;
SAI KUNG                         4 TO 30 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                    25 TO 30 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    14 TO 29 MM;
SHA TIN                         11 TO 25 MM;
KWAI TSING                      14 TO 23 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        7 TO 22 MM;
KWUN TONG                       15 TO 22 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    19 TO 21 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                10 TO 19 MM;
WAN CHAI                        11 TO 19 MM;
TAI PO                           2 TO 17 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 8 MM;
YUEN LONG                         4 TO 8 MM;
TUEN MUN                          3 TO 7 MM.

 

BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 A.M. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS
25.2 DEGREES CELSIUS AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 09:02 HKT ON 17.08.2024