PRESS WEATHER NO. 129 - HOURLY READINGS
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HOURLY READINGS
DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:12 HKT ON 04.05.2017
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