PRESS WEATHER NO. 160 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT NOON 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 BLACK 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 HAS BEEN ISSUED.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 24 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              24 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 24 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                24 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      24 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     25 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    24 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               24 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    25 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 24 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                24 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    24 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   24 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           24 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  24 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              24 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                24 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                23 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                25 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                24 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     24 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                24 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         24 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              24 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 24 DEGREES.

 

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

 

 
EASTERN DISTRICT               45 TO 118 MM;
KWUN TONG                       30 TO 86 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT      61 TO 76 MM;
WAN CHAI                        72 TO 76 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 4 TO 75 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT               18 TO 73 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   58 TO 66 MM;
SAI KUNG                        13 TO 63 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    42 TO 57 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                    42 TO 54 MM;
TSUEN WAN                       11 TO 46 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    41 TO 46 MM;
TUEN MUN                         9 TO 42 MM;
YUEN LONG                       14 TO 42 MM;
KWAI TSING                      31 TO 40 MM;
TAI PO                          13 TO 38 MM;
SHA TIN                         22 TO 36 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                  13 TO 26 MM.

 

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

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:04 HKT ON 24.05.2017