HOURLY READINGS

 

AT NOON AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 23 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.1. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: MORE THAN 70
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED IN TSUEN WAN DISTRICT
IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 10:20 A.M. AND MAY CAUSE
SERIOUS FLOODING.

THOUGH RAINSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED, PEOPLE SHOULD
STAY ALERT TO THE DANGER THAT MAY BE BROUGHT ABOUT BY RIVER
FLOODING.

GUSTS REACHING 70 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY AFFECT
HONG KONG.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 12:45 P.M. TODAY. A FEW SQUALLY
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                 23 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              22 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 23 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                22 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      23 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     23 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    22 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               23 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    23 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 22 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                23 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    23 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   23 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           22 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  22 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              23 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                23 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                22 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                23 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                23 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     22 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   23 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                23 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         23 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              23 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 23 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 10:45 AND 11:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER
ALL REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
SAI KUNG                        21 TO 42 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   27 TO 37 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    24 TO 37 MM;
KWUN TONG                       25 TO 33 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT      13 TO 28 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                19 TO 26 MM;
WAN CHAI                        21 TO 25 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    19 TO 25 MM;
TAI PO                           9 TO 24 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT               12 TO 23 MM;
SHA TIN                         10 TO 22 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                    15 TO 21 MM;
KWAI TSING                       5 TO 16 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   4 TO 15 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 2 TO 14 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        0 TO 14 MM;
YUEN LONG                        3 TO 13 MM;
TUEN MUN                          4 TO 6 MM.

 

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

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:12 HKT ON 04.05.2017