HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 5 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 26 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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.

 

LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN ADVISORY: RAIN IS PARTICULARLY HEAVY
IN KWAI TSING DISTRICT AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OF
HONG KONG ISLAND, WITH MORE THAN 70 MILLIMETRES OF HOURLY
RAINFALL FALLEN OR EXPECTED TO FALL 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 7:30 P.M. TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF FLOODING IN NORTHERN NEW
TERRITORIES HAS BEEN ISSUED.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 26 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              27 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 26 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                // DEGREES;
TAI PO                      26 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     27 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    27 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               27 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    27 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 26 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                27 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    25 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           24 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  24 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                26 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                26 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                26 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                27 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     26 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   26 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                26 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         27 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 26 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 3:45 AND 4:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
LANTAU, NEW TERRITORIES WEST, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THE
RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
KWAI TSING                      32 TO 74 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT      10 TO 69 MM;
TSUEN WAN                       15 TO 69 MM;
YUEN LONG                        1 TO 54 MM;
TAI PO                           0 TO 47 MM;
WAN CHAI                         0 TO 37 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   1 TO 33 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                     7 TO 30 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                2 TO 29 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                    0 TO 14 MM;
SHA TIN                          1 TO 12 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 6 MM;
TUEN MUN                          0 TO 6 MM;
SAI KUNG                          0 TO 4 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                  0 TO 3 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      0 TO 3 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      0 TO 1 MM;
KWUN TONG                         0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 17:31 HKT ON 17.08.2022