HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 5 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 29 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.5. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

MAWAR MOVED GENERALLY NORTHWARD TODAY, ADOPTING A TRACK
FARTHER AWAY FROM HONG KONG.  MAWAR IS EXPECTED TO
INTENSIFY PROGRESSIVELY AND MAKE LANDFALL OVER THE COAST OF
EASTERN GUANGDONG ON SUNDAY.
 
 
SINCE MAWAR'S TRACK IS FARTHER AWAY, ITS THREAT TO HONG
KONG IS RELATIVELY LOW IN THE SHORT TERM.  DEPENDING ON
MAWAR'S INTENSITY CHANGE AND MOVEMENT, THE OBSERVATORY WILL
CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT TO ISSUE THE STANDBY SIGNAL NO. 1
TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
 
 
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE OF THE LATEST
WEATHER SITUATION IN PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ON
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

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

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7:00 P.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 29 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              27 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 32 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                31 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      29 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     29 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    30 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               30 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    31 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 25 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                31 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    28 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   30 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  29 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              28 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                30 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                28 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                29 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                29 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     26 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   30 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                28 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         30 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              31 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 29 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 3:45 AND 4:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
TSUEN WAN                        0 TO 33 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 28 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       0 TO 25 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 6 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 4 MM;
TUEN MUN                          0 TO 3 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      0 TO 1 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      0 TO 1 MM.

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION MAWAR AT 4
P.M.:
LOCATION: 20.4 DEGREES NORTH, 118.5 DEGREES EAST.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 17:31 HKT ON 01.09.2017