HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 6 P.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 0.1. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: MORE THAN 70
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED IN KWAI TSING
DISTRICT IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 4:50 P.M. AND MAY
CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.

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

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7:30 P.M. TODAY. A FEW 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              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                 24 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                27 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                25 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                24 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                25 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                25 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     // DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                25 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         25 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 24 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 4:45 AND 5:45 P.M., THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN
VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
NORTH DISTRICT                   0 TO 43 MM;
SHA TIN                         17 TO 43 MM;
SAI KUNG                         0 TO 36 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT               14 TO 34 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    23 TO 33 MM;
TAI PO                           0 TO 32 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        5 TO 30 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                10 TO 28 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT      11 TO 27 MM;
KWAI TSING                      15 TO 27 MM;
WAN CHAI                        21 TO 26 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    16 TO 26 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 24 MM;
YUEN LONG                        3 TO 24 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   21 TO 22 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                    16 TO 22 MM;
KWUN TONG                       10 TO 16 MM;
TUEN MUN                          3 TO 5 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 18:03 HKT ON 18.07.2017