PRESS WEATHER NO. 016 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 1 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 24 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 PER
CENT.

 

A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS BRINGING UNSETTLED WEATHER TO
THE VICINITY OF THE PEARL RIVER ESTUARY. HEAVY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT HONG KONG IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD STAY ON THE
ALERT.

GUSTS REACHING 90 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY AFFECT
HONG KONG.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 2:30 A.M. TODAY. SCATTERED SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 23 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              23 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 23 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                23 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      23 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     23 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    23 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               23 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    23 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 23 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                24 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    23 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   23 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           22 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  23 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              23 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                23 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                23 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                23 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                23 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     23 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   23 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                23 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         23 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              23 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 23 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 11:45 P.M. AND 0:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED
OVER ALL REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS
WERE:

 

 
EASTERN DISTRICT                15 TO 38 MM;
SAI KUNG                         3 TO 36 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 29 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                    23 TO 26 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                2 TO 25 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       9 TO 24 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    18 TO 23 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   12 TO 22 MM;
KWUN TONG                       16 TO 22 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    16 TO 21 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        5 TO 19 MM;
WAN CHAI                        15 TO 19 MM;
KWAI TSING                      11 TO 17 MM;
SHA TIN                          2 TO 16 MM;
TUEN MUN                         0 TO 11 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 6 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 4 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 2 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 01:03 HKT ON 08.05.2018