PRESS WEATHER NO. 118 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 10 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 26 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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.

 

IN THE PAST FEW HOURS, MORE THAN 50 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL
WERE GENERALLY RECORDED OVER THE TERRITORY, AND AROUND 100
MILLIMETRES RAINFALL WERE EVEN RECORDED OVER THE URBAN
AREAS, PARTS OF LANTAU ISLAND AND CHEUNG CHAU. THE WEATHER
WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED OVER THE VICINITY OF PEARL RIVER
ESTUARY TODAY. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD STAY ALERT AND
CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE CHANGE IN WEATHER.

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              26 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 25 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                25 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      25 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     27 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    26 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           25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  25 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                25 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                25 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 8:45 AND 9:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES EAST. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS
REGIONS WERE:

 

 
SAI KUNG                         4 TO 53 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT               20 TO 45 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                23 TO 41 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT      21 TO 37 MM;
WAN CHAI                        18 TO 29 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 1 TO 25 MM;
KWUN TONG                       16 TO 23 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                    9 TO 20 MM;
TAI PO                           1 TO 17 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                     5 TO 17 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                     5 TO 11 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      5 TO 7 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    1 TO 5 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         2 TO 5 MM;
KWAI TSING                        2 TO 4 MM;
SHA TIN                           3 TO 4 MM;
YUEN LONG                         1 TO 3 MM;
TUEN MUN                          0 TO 2 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 10:02 HKT ON 17.08.2024