PRESS WEATHER NO. 024 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 2 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 24 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 6:00 A.M. TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 23 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              24 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 23 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                23 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      22 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                25 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    23 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   23 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           23 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  23 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              23 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                23 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                23 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                24 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 0:45 AND 1:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES EAST, NEW TERRITORIES WEST, HONG KONG AND
KOWLOON. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 38 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                0 TO 35 MM;
SAI KUNG                         0 TO 17 MM;
KWAI TSING                       4 TO 13 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 10 MM;
SHA TIN                          8 TO 10 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        2 TO 10 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      5 TO 9 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      5 TO 8 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 7 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      1 TO 7 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     2 TO 4 MM;
TUEN MUN                          0 TO 3 MM;
KWUN TONG                         1 TO 3 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 2 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 2 MM;
WAN CHAI                          0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 02:04 HKT ON 08.05.2018