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PRESS WEATHER NO. 006 - HKO READINGS & RADIATION LEVEL
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HKO READINGS & RADIATION LEVEL

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER AND RADIATION LEVEL:
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HONG KONG OBSERVATORY
MAXIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE 25.9 C
MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE 24.4 C
GRASS MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 24.0 C
RELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 - 99 PERCENT
RAINFALL 223.4 MM
TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE 1ST JANUARY 2814.0 MM
AGAINST AN AVERAGE OF 2310.5 MM
 
OTHER STATIONS MIN MAX
KING'S PARK 24.0 C 25.9 C
WONG CHUK HANG 24.1 C 26.3 C
TA KWU LING 24.1 C 26.4 C
LAU FAU SHAN 23.7 C 26.6 C
TAI PO 24.0 C 26.3 C
SHA TIN 24.6 C 26.8 C
TUEN MUN 24.5 C 26.4 C
TSEUNG KWAN O 24.1 C 26.1 C
SAI KUNG 24.3 C 26.5 C
CHEUNG CHAU 24.1 C 26.2 C
CHEK LAP KOK 24.9 C 28.8 C
TSING YI 24.8 C 27.0 C
SHEK KONG 24.6 C 27.2 C
TSUEN WAN HO KOON 23.5 C 25.1 C
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY 24.0 C 26.5 C
HONG KONG PARK 24.4 C 26.5 C
SHAU KEI WAN 24.1 C 26.4 C
KOWLOON CITY 24.0 C 26.0 C
HAPPY VALLEY 24.8 C 27.2 C
WONG TAI SIN 24.2 C 26.4 C
STANLEY 24.4 C 26.5 C
KWUN TONG 24.4 C 26.3 C
SHAM SHUI PO 24.5 C 27.0 C
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK 24.8 C 27.1 C
YUEN LONG PARK 24.3 C 27.6 C
 
DURATION OF SUNSHINE (KING'S PARK): 0.1 H
 
THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S PARK YESTERDAY WAS
0.6, THE UV INTENSITY WAS LOW.
THE MAXIMUM UV INDEX FOR YESTERDAY WAS 2.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (WAGLAN ISLAND): NO DATA
 
YESTERDAY'S (19 OCT 2016) AVERAGE AMBIENT GAMMA RADIATION
DOSE RATE TAKEN OUTDOORS IN HONG KONG RANGED FROM 0.08 TO
0.14 MICROSIEVERT PER HOUR. THESE ARE WITHIN THE NORMAL
RANGE OF FLUCTUATION OF THE BACKGROUND RADIATION LEVEL IN
HONG KONG (SEE NOTE). THE AVERAGE DOSE RATES MEASURED AT
THE RADIATION MONITORING STATIONS OVER VARIOUS PARTS OF THE
TERRITORY WERE AS FOLLOWS :
 
STATION YESTERDAY'S AVERAGE
(MICROSIEVERT/HOUR)
PING CHAU 0.08
TAP MUN 0.09
KAT O 0.09
YUEN NG FAN 0.11
TAI MEI TUK 0.13
SHA TAU KOK 0.10
KWUN TONG 0.12
SAI WAN HO 0.09
KING'S PARK 0.14
TSIM BEI TSUI 0.13
CAPE D'AGUILAR 0.13
CHEK LAP KOK 0.13
 
NOTE
1. FROM READINGS TAKEN AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN HONG KONG DURING
THE PERIOD 1987-2015, THE BACKGROUND AMBIENT GAMMA RADIATION
LEVELS MAY VARY BETWEEN 0.06 AND 0.30 MICROSIEVERT PER HOUR.
 
2. THE EXTENT OF HEALTH EFFECTS TO A PERSON AS A RESULT OF
EXPOSURE TO RADIATION IS EXPRESSED BY A PHYSICAL QUANTITY
CALLED EQUIVALENT DOSE, IN UNIT OF SIEVERT. PROTECTIVE
ACTION MAY BE REQUIRED IF THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THE
AMBIENT GAMMA DOSE RATE ABOVE BACKGROUND SUCH THAT THE TOTAL
ADDITIONAL DOSE IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED 5000 MICROSIEVERTS IN
A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. FOR EXAMPLE, A DOSE OF
5000 MICROSIEVERTS MAY BE REACHED WHEN THE AMBIENT GAMMA
DOSE RATE IS 1000 MICROSIEVERTS PER HOUR (SEVERAL THOUSAND
TIMES ABOVE BACKGROUND) AND LASTS FOR 5 HOURS.
 
3. THE READINGS OF AMBIENT GAMMA RADIATION LEVEL FROM
INSTRUMENT ARE EXPRESSED IN UNIT OF GRAY, WHICH IS
NUMERICALLY EQUAL TO THE GAMMA DOSE EXPRESSED IN SIEVERT.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:15 HKT ON 20.10.2016
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