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PRESS WEATHER NO. 006 - HKO READINGS & RADIATION LEVEL
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HKO READINGS & RADIATION LEVEL

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER AND RADIATION LEVEL:
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HONG KONG OBSERVATORY
MAXIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE 22.7 C
MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE 21.5 C
GRASS MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 21.6 C
RELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 - 97 PERCENT
RAINFALL 12.5 MM
TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE 1ST JANUARY 2568.7 MM
AGAINST AN AVERAGE OF 2352.0 MM
 
OTHER STATIONS MIN MAX
KING'S PARK 21.1 C 22.7 C
WONG CHUK HANG 21.4 C 23.6 C
TA KWU LING 21.4 C 23.1 C
LAU FAU SHAN 21.2 C 22.5 C
TAI PO 21.1 C 22.5 C
SHA TIN 21.4 C 22.8 C
TUEN MUN 21.5 C 22.9 C
TSEUNG KWAN O 21.1 C 22.4 C
SAI KUNG 21.7 C 22.8 C
CHEUNG CHAU 20.8 C 21.9 C
CHEK LAP KOK 21.8 C 25.0 C
TSING YI 21.6 C 23.3 C
SHEK KONG 21.5 C 23.1 C
TSUEN WAN HO KOON 20.2 C 22.1 C
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY 21.2 C 23.0 C
HONG KONG PARK 20.8 C 22.7 C
SHAU KEI WAN 20.7 C 22.3 C
KOWLOON CITY 20.8 C 22.5 C
HAPPY VALLEY 21.5 C 23.4 C
WONG TAI SIN 21.1 C 23.2 C
STANLEY 21.1 C 22.5 C
KWUN TONG 20.9 C 22.5 C
SHAM SHUI PO 21.3 C 23.4 C
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK 21.6 C 23.0 C
YUEN LONG PARK NO DATA NO DATA
TAI MEI TUK 21.0 C 22.4 C
 
DURATION OF SUNSHINE (KING'S PARK): 0.0 H
 
THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S PARK YESTERDAY WAS
0.8, THE UV INTENSITY WAS LOW.
THE MAXIMUM UV INDEX FOR YESTERDAY WAS 2.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (WAGLAN ISLAND): 23.9 C
 
YESTERDAY'S (13 NOV 2017) AVERAGE AMBIENT GAMMA RADIATION
DOSE RATE TAKEN OUTDOORS IN HONG KONG RANGED FROM 0.08 TO
0.15 MICROSIEVERT PER HOUR. THESE ARE WITHIN THE NORMAL
RANGE OF FLUCTUATION OF THE BACKGROUND RADIATION LEVEL IN
HONG KONG (SEE NOTE). THE AVERAGE DOSE RATES MEASURED AT
THE RADIATION MONITORING STATIONS OVER VARIOUS PARTS OF THE
TERRITORY WERE AS FOLLOWS :
 
STATION YESTERDAY'S AVERAGE
(MICROSIEVERT/HOUR)
PING CHAU 0.08
TAP MUN 0.09
KAT O 0.10
YUEN NG FAN 0.12
TAI MEI TUK 0.12
SHA TAU KOK 0.10
KWUN TONG 0.12
SAI WAN HO 0.09
KING'S PARK 0.14
TSIM BEI TSUI 0.13
CAPE D'AGUILAR 0.13
CHEK LAP KOK 0.15
 
NOTE
1. FROM READINGS TAKEN AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN HONG KONG DURING
THE PERIOD 1987-2016, THE BACKGROUND AMBIENT GAMMA RADIATION
LEVELS MAY VARY BETWEEN 0.06 AND 0.30 MICROSIEVERT PER HOUR.
 
2. THE EXTENT OF HEALTH EFFECTS TO A PERSON AS A RESULT OF
EXPOSURE TO RADIATION IS EXPRESSED BY A PHYSICAL QUANTITY
CALLED EQUIVALENT DOSE, IN UNIT OF SIEVERT. PROTECTIVE
ACTION MAY BE REQUIRED IF THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THE
AMBIENT GAMMA DOSE RATE ABOVE BACKGROUND SUCH THAT THE TOTAL
ADDITIONAL DOSE IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED 5000 MICROSIEVERTS IN
A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. FOR EXAMPLE, A DOSE OF
5000 MICROSIEVERTS MAY BE REACHED WHEN THE AMBIENT GAMMA
DOSE RATE IS 1000 MICROSIEVERTS PER HOUR (SEVERAL THOUSAND
TIMES ABOVE BACKGROUND) AND LASTS FOR 5 HOURS.
 
3. THE READINGS OF AMBIENT GAMMA RADIATION LEVEL FROM
INSTRUMENT ARE EXPRESSED IN UNIT OF GRAY, WHICH IS
NUMERICALLY EQUAL TO THE GAMMA DOSE EXPRESSED IN SIEVERT.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:17 HKT ON 14.11.2017
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