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PRESS WEATHER NO. 158 - HOURLY READINGS
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HOURLY READINGS

 
AT 7 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 26 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 PER
CENT.
 
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 8:00 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 26 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING 25 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN 25 DEGREES;
TAI PO 26 DEGREES;
SHA TIN 27 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN 26 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O 26 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG 26 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU 25 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK 25 DEGREES;
TSING YI 27 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG 27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON 26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY 26 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK 25 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN 25 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY 25 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY 26 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN 26 DEGREES;
STANLEY 26 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG 26 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO 27 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK 26 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK 27 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK 25 DEGREES.
 
BETWEEN 5:45 AND 6:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:
 
 
TUEN MUN 4 TO 47 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT 0 TO 43 MM;
KWUN TONG 23 TO 27 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT 6 TO 25 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT 11 TO 22 MM;
WAN CHAI 11 TO 20 MM;
KOWLOON CITY 1 TO 20 MM;
SAI KUNG 4 TO 17 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT 0 TO 12 MM;
TAI PO 0 TO 10 MM;
YUEN LONG 0 TO 8 MM;
WONG TAI SIN 2 TO 8 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG 1 TO 6 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT 0 TO 5 MM;
SHA TIN 0 TO 5 MM;
TSUEN WAN 0 TO 1 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO 0 TO 1 MM.
 
HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION MAWAR AT 7
P.M.:
LOCATION: 20.8 DEGREES NORTH, 118.5 DEGREES EAST.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 19:02 HKT ON 01.09.2017
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