HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 8 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 25 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 PER
CENT.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: MORE THAN 70
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED IN ISLANDS DISTRICT
IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 8:15 P.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 9:30 P.M. TODAY. ISOLATED SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 25 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              25 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 25 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                24 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      25 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     25 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    25 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               25 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    25 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 25 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                26 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              24 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                24 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                25 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                25 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                25 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     24 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 6:45 AND 7:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES EAST. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS
REGIONS WERE:

 

 
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 2 TO 33 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT               15 TO 23 MM;
TAI PO                           5 TO 22 MM;
SAI KUNG                         6 TO 20 MM;
WAN CHAI                        15 TO 19 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   4 TO 17 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       7 TO 16 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 8 TO 14 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                    9 TO 13 MM;
SHA TIN                          7 TO 10 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                     9 TO 10 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      6 TO 9 MM;
KWAI TSING                        7 TO 8 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      6 TO 8 MM;
KWUN TONG                         6 TO 8 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         4 TO 7 MM;
YUEN LONG                         3 TO 5 MM;
TUEN MUN                          3 TO 4 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 20:23 HKT ON 17.07.2017