HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 6 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 PER
CENT.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: MORE THAN 70
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED IN SHEK KWU CHAU IN
ISLANDS DISTRICT, WAN CHAI DISTRICT AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN
DISTRICT OF HONG KONG ISLAND IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT
6:05 A.M. AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

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

 

BETWEEN 4:45 AND 5:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
SAI KUNG                         0 TO 65 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 64 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT      23 TO 50 MM;
WAN CHAI                        35 TO 40 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    30 TO 40 MM;
KWUN TONG                       12 TO 36 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   15 TO 26 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 25 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                0 TO 25 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    11 TO 24 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                     7 TO 22 MM;
SHA TIN                          0 TO 21 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 7 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 4 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 06:12 HKT ON 20.08.2018