HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 3 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 26 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.3. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

AN AREA OF THUNDERY SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH A TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE IS AFFECTING THE PEARL RIVER ESTUARY. LOCALLY,
SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON BROUGHT MORE THAN 50 MILLIMETRES
OF RAINFALL TO CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT, KWAI TSING AND
LANTAU ISLAND. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD STAY ALERT.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 4:30 P.M. TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 26 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              26 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 26 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                26 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      26 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     26 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    26 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               25 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    26 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 25 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                27 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    26 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   26 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                26 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     25 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   26 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                26 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         26 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              26 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 1:45 AND 2:45 P.M., THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN
VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
KWAI TSING                      22 TO 32 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        9 TO 30 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 1 TO 29 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT               12 TO 28 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT      11 TO 25 MM;
SHA TIN                          0 TO 21 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                    14 TO 19 MM;
SAI KUNG                         2 TO 17 MM;
KWUN TONG                        5 TO 16 MM;
WAN CHAI                        10 TO 14 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                     9 TO 12 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 6 TO 11 MM;
TAI PO                           1 TO 10 MM;
YUEN LONG                        3 TO 10 MM;
TUEN MUN                          2 TO 9 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      7 TO 9 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 7 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     5 TO 7 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 15:16 HKT ON 05.09.2016