PRESS WEATHER NO. 154 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT NOON AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 26 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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.

 

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN MAY AFFECT HONG KONG IN A COUPLE OF
HOURS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE TROPICAL CYCLONE SIGNAL NO. 8 HAS BEEN ISSUED.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 25 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              26 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 25 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                27 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      24 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     25 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    27 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               24 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    25 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 25 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                28 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    26 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           24 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  24 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                26 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                24 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                26 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                25 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     26 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                26 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         26 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              27 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 10:45 AND 11:45 A.M., THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN
VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
SAI KUNG                         5 TO 12 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   0 TO 10 MM;
TAI PO                           0 TO 10 MM;
SHA TIN                           1 TO 5 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 4 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 2 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 2 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      0 TO 2 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      1 TO 2 MM;
KWUN TONG                         1 TO 2 MM;
WAN CHAI                          0 TO 1 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 1 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     0 TO 1 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                           1 MM.

 

11.2 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED AT THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT AND MIDDAY TODAY. 

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON TYPHOON HAIMA:
LOCATION: 22.6 DEGREES NORTH, 115.4 DEGREES EAST; MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WIND NEAR ITS CENTRE: 145 KM/H.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:02 HKT ON 21.10.2016