HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 2 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 29 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 9. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS VERY HIGH.

 

THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE IS COVERING SOUTHEASTERN CHINA. AN
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE SOUTH
CHINA SEA IS BRINGING UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE REGION. THIS
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY GRADUALLY AND
MOVE TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN PART OF HAINAN ISLAND AND THEN
INTO BEIBU WAN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. IT WILL KEEP AT
A DISTANCE OF MORE THAN 500 KILOMETRES FROM HONG KONG AND
WILL NOT DIRECTLY AFFECT THE TERRITORY. HOWEVER, UNDER THE
COMBINED EFFECT OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AND THE AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE, IT WILL BE WINDIER WITH SQUALLY SHOWERS OVER
THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ON SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. PEOPLE OUT TO THE SEA OR ENGAGING IN WATERS SPORTS
SHOULD TAKE NOTE OF THE WEATHER CHANGES.

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

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 3:00 P.M. TODAY. A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 29 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              28 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 31 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                31 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      30 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     31 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    31 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               29 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    31 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 26 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                31 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    32 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   31 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           31 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  32 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                25 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                28 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                27 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                29 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     26 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   28 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                30 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         26 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              33 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 30 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 12:45 AND 1:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
LANTAU, NEW TERRITORIES EAST, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THE
RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 7 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 7 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                  0 TO 5 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 2 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 1 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 1 MM;
WAN CHAI                          0 TO 1 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 14:02 HKT ON 15.07.2017