HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 8 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 25 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 99 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.0. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: MORE THAN 70
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED IN KWAI TSING
DISTRICT, SHA TIN DISTRICT AND SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT IN THE
PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 7:20 A.M. AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS
FLOODING.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 9:15 A.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 25 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              26 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 26 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                25 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      25 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     25 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    26 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               25 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    25 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 26 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                26 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    25 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   25 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                     27 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                25 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         25 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 25 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 6:45 AND 7:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
KWAI TSING                      45 TO 77 MM;
SHA TIN                         10 TO 68 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                    56 TO 68 MM;
SAI KUNG                         7 TO 54 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        2 TO 48 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    36 TO 44 MM;
KWUN TONG                       35 TO 44 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   33 TO 40 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                17 TO 36 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    31 TO 35 MM;
TUEN MUN                        15 TO 32 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT      24 TO 31 MM;
YUEN LONG                        2 TO 25 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                3 TO 24 MM;
WAN CHAI                        11 TO 24 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 22 MM;
TAI PO                           3 TO 14 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    1 TO 4 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 08:02 HKT ON 24.05.2017