HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 1 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 25 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 PER
CENT.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: MORE THAN 70
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OF HONG KONG ISLAND IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 12:20 A.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 3:00 A.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  24 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                24 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                25 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                25 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                24 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     24 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   24 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                25 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         25 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              24 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 25 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 11:45 P.M. AND 0:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED
WITHIN NEW TERRITORIES EAST, NEW TERRITORIES WEST, HONG
KONG AND KOWLOON. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS
WERE:

 

 
EASTERN DISTRICT                18 TO 41 MM;
SAI KUNG                         9 TO 41 MM;
SHA TIN                         12 TO 39 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                9 TO 39 MM;
KWUN TONG                       30 TO 39 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    26 TO 38 MM;
TAI PO                           0 TO 36 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    20 TO 35 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 1 TO 27 MM;
YUEN LONG                        3 TO 24 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   17 TO 24 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                    11 TO 24 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   2 TO 21 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        4 TO 18 MM;
KWAI TSING                       6 TO 16 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       6 TO 10 MM;
WAN CHAI                         9 TO 10 MM;
TUEN MUN                          2 TO 5 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 01:05 HKT ON 19.07.2017