PRESS WEATHER NO. 115 - HOURLY READINGS

***************************************

HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 1 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 31 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 5. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS MODERATE.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: MORE THAN 70
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED IN TAI PO DISTRICT IN
THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 10:55 A.M. AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS
FLOODING.

HOT WEATHER MIGHT CAUSE ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS. THE
OBSERVATORY ADVISES THE PUBLIC TO STAY ON THE ALERT.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 3:00 P.M. TODAY. ISOLATED SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER LANTAU AND NEW
TERRITORIES.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 31 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              30 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 31 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                30 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      26 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     30 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    30 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               30 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    29 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 31 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                31 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    29 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   30 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  28 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              30 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                30 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                31 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                31 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                30 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     31 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   30 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                31 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         30 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              29 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 27 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 11:45 A.M. AND 12:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED
WITHIN  NEW TERRITORIES WEST AND NEW TERRITORIES EAST. THE
RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
TAI PO                           0 TO 43 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        1 TO 42 MM;
KWAI TSING                       0 TO 18 MM;
SHA TIN                           1 TO 8 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      0 TO 4 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 3 MM;
SAI KUNG                          0 TO 2 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 13:02 HKT ON 05.07.2018