PRESS WEATHER NO. 026 - HOURLY READINGS

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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.

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 3:00 A.M. TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER NEW TERRITORIES EAST, HONG KONG
ISLAND AND KOWLOON.
THE LANDSLIP WARNING 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 01:23 HKT ON 19.07.2017