HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 7 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 KWAI TSING
DISTRICT IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 4:50 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 8:30 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                      24 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                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                24 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                25 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                25 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     25 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   24 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                25 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         25 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 24 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 5:45 AND 6:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES EAST, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THE RAINFALL
RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT               18 TO 53 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                29 TO 42 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 2 TO 42 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   5 TO 42 MM;
SAI KUNG                         9 TO 40 MM;
KWUN TONG                       35 TO 40 MM;
TAI PO                           1 TO 39 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    30 TO 37 MM;
SHA TIN                         20 TO 32 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    27 TO 32 MM;
WAN CHAI                        28 TO 31 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   26 TO 31 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                    19 TO 26 MM;
TSUEN WAN                       10 TO 24 MM;
KWAI TSING                       9 TO 23 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT      15 TO 22 MM;
TUEN MUN                         2 TO 15 MM;
YUEN LONG                        3 TO 10 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 19:03 HKT ON 18.07.2017