HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 11 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 25 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.9. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: MORE THAN 70
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED IN TAI PO DISTRICT,
SHA TIN DISTRICT AND SAI KUNG DISTRICT IN THE PAST 1 HOUR
ENDING AT 8:50 A.M. AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.

THOUGH RAINSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED, PEOPLE SHOULD
STAY ALERT TO THE DANGER THAT MAY BE BROUGHT ABOUT BY RIVER
FLOODING.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 12:15 P.M. TODAY. ISOLATED 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                 25 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              26 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 25 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                25 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      25 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     25 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    25 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               25 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    26 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 25 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                27 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    26 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  26 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                25 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                25 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                27 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                25 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     25 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   26 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                26 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         26 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 25 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 9:45 AND 10:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES EAST. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS
REGIONS WERE:

 

 
NORTH DISTRICT                   0 TO 36 MM;
TAI PO                           0 TO 30 MM;
SAI KUNG                         3 TO 21 MM;
SHA TIN                          0 TO 15 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        3 TO 6 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 6 MM;
WAN CHAI                          3 TO 6 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                  2 TO 5 MM;
KWAI TSING                        1 TO 5 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 2 TO 5 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      1 TO 4 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      1 TO 4 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      1 TO 4 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         1 TO 3 MM;
KWUN TONG                         2 TO 3 MM;
TUEN MUN                          0 TO 2 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     1 TO 2 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 11:33 HKT ON 18.07.2017