AT NOON AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE WAS

24 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 PER CENT.

DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S PARK

WAS 3. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS MODERATE.

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

KING'S PARK 24 DEGREES;

WONG CHUK HANG 25 DEGREES;

TA KWU LING 24 DEGREES;

LAU FAU SHAN 23 DEGREES;

TAI PO 24 DEGREES;

SHA TIN 25 DEGREES;

TUEN MUN 25 DEGREES;

TSEUNG KWAN O 24 DEGREES;

SAI KUNG 25 DEGREES;

CHEUNG CHAU 24 DEGREES;

CHEK LAP KOK 24 DEGREES;

TSING YI 23 DEGREES;

SHEK KONG 24 DEGREES.

THE MAXIMUM RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS IN THE

PAST HOUR ENDING AT 11:45 A.M. WERE:

TAI PO 6 MM;

SAI KUNG 3 MM;

KOWLOON EAST 3 MM;

KOWLOON WEST 2 MM;

TSUEN WAN 2 MM;

KWAI TSING 2 MM;

YUEN LONG 2 MM;

SHA TIN 2 MM;

LANTAU ISLAND 2 MM;

CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT 1 MM;

WAN CHAI 1 MM;

EASTERN DISTRICT 1 MM;

NORTH DISTRICT 1 MM.

124.2 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED AT THE HONG

KONG OBSERVATORY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT AND MIDDAY

TODAY.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:02 HKT ON 08.05.2004