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PRESS WEATHER NO. 201 - HOURLY READINGS
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HOURLY READINGS

 
AT 7 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 PER
CENT.
 
ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: MORE THAN 70
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED IN LANTAU ISLAND IN
ISLANDS DISTRICT IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 7:25 P.M. AND
MAY CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.
 
PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:
 
THE TROPICAL CYCLONE SIGNAL NO. 1 HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 8:45 P.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:
 
KING'S PARK                 27 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG 26 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING 27 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN 26 DEGREES;
TAI PO 29 DEGREES;
SHA TIN 29 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN 27 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O 27 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG 28 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU 26 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK 27 DEGREES;
TSING YI 26 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG 27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON 26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY 27 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK 27 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN 26 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY 27 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY 28 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN 27 DEGREES;
STANLEY 25 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG 27 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO 27 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK 28 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK 28 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK 29 DEGREES.
 
BETWEEN 5:45 AND 6:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
LANTAU, NEW TERRITORIES WEST, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THE
RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:
 
 
ISLANDS DISTRICT 2 TO 40 MM;
TUEN MUN 6 TO 22 MM;
TSUEN WAN 0 TO 21 MM;
YUEN LONG 0 TO 11 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT 1 TO 10 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT 0 TO 10 MM;
KWAI TSING 0 TO 8 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT 0 TO 7 MM;
WAN CHAI 2 TO 6 MM;
WONG TAI SIN 0 TO 4 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO 0 TO 3 MM;
KOWLOON CITY 1 TO 2 MM;
SHA TIN 0 TO 1 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG 0 TO 1 MM.
 
HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM MAWAR:
LOCATION: 22.5 DEGREES NORTH, 116.2 DEGREES EAST; MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WIND NEAR ITS CENTRE: 85 KM/H.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 19:36 HKT ON 03.09.2017
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