HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 6 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.2. 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                 26 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              28 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 27 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                29 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      26 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     27 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    29 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               26 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    26 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 25 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                30 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    29 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   28 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  28 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              28 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                26 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                26 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                29 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                27 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     27 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                29 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         26 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              29 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 25 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 4:45 AND 5:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
LANTAU, NEW TERRITORIES EAST, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THE
RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
SAI KUNG                         1 TO 28 MM;
TAI PO                           0 TO 28 MM;
KWUN TONG                        1 TO 14 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   0 TO 10 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      0 TO 5 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      0 TO 5 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 3 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     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 18:02 HKT ON 01.09.2017