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PRESS WEATHER NO. 175 - HOURLY READINGS
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HOURLY READINGS

 
AT 3 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 25 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.6. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.
 
ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: MORE THAN 70
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OF HONG KONG ISLAND IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 3:15 P.M.
AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.
TROPICAL CYCLONE HAIMA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART
OF LUZON AND ENTER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ON THURSDAY MORNING.
THE OBSERVATORY WILL ISSUE STANDBY SIGNAL, NO. 1 BY THEN.
ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT FORECAST TRACK, HAIMA WILL EDGE
CLOSER TO THE COAST OF GUANGDONG ON FRIDAY, AND MAY SKIRT
WITHIN 100 KILOMETERS OF HONG KONG, POSING A THREAT TO THE
TERRITORY. THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE
SIGNIFICANTLY ON FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE FREQUENT SQUALLS AND
HEAVY RAIN. SEAS WILL BE ROUGH WITH SWELLS. MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT AND TAKE ALL PRECAUTIONS AS
EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
GUSTS REACHING 70 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY AFFECT
HONG KONG.
 
PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:
 
THE AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 4:30 P.M. TODAY. ISOLATED SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE LANDSLIP WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF FLOODING IN NORTHERN NEW
TERRITORIES HAS BEEN ISSUED.
 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:
 
KING'S PARK                 25 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG 25 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING 25 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN 26 DEGREES;
TAI PO 25 DEGREES;
SHA TIN 25 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN 26 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O 25 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG 25 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 25 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN 25 DEGREES;
STANLEY 25 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG 25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO 25 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:
 
 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT 2 TO 59 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT 2 TO 48 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT 30 TO 44 MM;
SAI KUNG 3 TO 43 MM;
TAI PO 0 TO 42 MM;
KWUN TONG 33 TO 39 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT 0 TO 35 MM;
WONG TAI SIN 24 TO 34 MM;
SHA TIN 7 TO 28 MM;
KOWLOON CITY 22 TO 27 MM;
WAN CHAI 15 TO 22 MM;
YUEN LONG 0 TO 19 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG 17 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO 4 TO 16 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT 0 TO 8 MM;
KWAI TSING 2 TO 8 MM;
TSUEN WAN 0 TO 5 MM.
 
HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM SARIKA AT NOON:
LOCATION: 21.2 DEGREES NORTH, 108.1 DEGREES EAST.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 15:18 HKT ON 19.10.2016
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