HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 5 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 28 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 PER
CENT.

 

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN MAY AFFECT HONG KONG SHORTLY. MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT.

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: MORE THAN 70
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED IN WONG TAI SIN
DISTRICT IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 5:00 A.M. AND MAY
CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7:45 A.M. TODAY. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

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

 

BETWEEN 3:45 AND 4:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
WONG TAI SIN                     9 TO 52 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 49 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                     0 TO 45 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                    18 TO 39 MM;
SHA TIN                          0 TO 38 MM;
KWAI TSING                       1 TO 32 MM;
SAI KUNG                         0 TO 10 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     0 TO 6 MM;
KWUN TONG                         0 TO 5 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 1 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 1 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:04 HKT ON 20.08.2018