HOURLY READINGS


 

AT NOON AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 1. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

IN THE PAST FEW HOURS, YAGI CONTINUED TO TAKE A MORE
WESTERLY TRACK AND DEPARTED GRADUALLY FROM HONG KONG.
GENERAL WINDS OVER HONG KONG ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN
GRADUALLY. THE OBSERVATORY WILL ISSUE THE STRONG WIND
SIGNAL, NO. 3 AT 12:40 P.M.
 
THE RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH YAGI WILL STILL AFFECT THE
VICINITY OF THE PEARL RIVER ESTUARY, BRINGING SQUALLY
SHOWERS TO HONG KONG. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THERE
WILL BE VIOLENT GUSTS OCCASIONALLY. SEAS WILL BE ROUGH WITH
SWELLS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED TO STAY AWAY FROM
THE SHORELINE AND NOT TO ENGAGE IN WATER SPORTS.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE TROPICAL CYCLONE SIGNAL NO. 8 HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 2:30 P.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 27 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              27 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 28 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                27 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      28 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     29 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    27 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               27 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    28 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 26 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                27 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    27 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   28 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  27 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              27 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                27 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                27 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                28 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                28 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     27 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   27 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                27 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         27 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              28 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 27 DEGREES.

 

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

 

 
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  2 TO 9 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        2 TO 7 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 3 TO 7 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                  1 TO 4 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 4 MM;
WAN CHAI                          0 TO 4 MM;
KWAI TSING                        1 TO 3 MM;
TUEN MUN                          1 TO 3 MM;
KWUN TONG                         0 TO 3 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 2 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      1 TO 2 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      1 TO 2 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      1 TO 2 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 1 MM;
SAI KUNG                          0 TO 1 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 1 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 1 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                          1 MM.

 

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

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON SUPER TYPHOON YAGI AT NOON:
LOCATION: 19.5 DEGREES NORTH, 111.8 DEGREES EAST; MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WIND NEAR ITS CENTRE: 230 KM/H.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:02 HKT ON 06.09.2024