PRESS WEATHER NO. 148 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 11 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 0.1. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

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

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE RED RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1:00 P.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE LANDSLIP WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF FLOODING IN NORTHERN NEW
TERRITORIES WAS ISSUED AT 11:20 A.M.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

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

 

BETWEEN 9:45 AND 10:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER
ALL REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 88 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        2 TO 88 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                    69 TO 77 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                13 TO 65 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   50 TO 65 MM;
KWAI TSING                      44 TO 64 MM;
KWUN TONG                       36 TO 64 MM;
SHA TIN                          9 TO 63 MM;
TUEN MUN                        12 TO 60 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    47 TO 58 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT      22 TO 56 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    29 TO 54 MM;
YUEN LONG                       12 TO 50 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                1 TO 47 MM;
SAI KUNG                         6 TO 43 MM;
WAN CHAI                        28 TO 42 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   6 TO 26 MM;
TAI PO                           2 TO 12 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 11:23 HKT ON 24.05.2017