PRESS WEATHER NO. 143 - HOURLY READINGS

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

HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 5 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.7. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

GUSTS REACHING 70 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY CONTINUE
TO AFFECT HONG KONG.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE TROPICAL CYCLONE SIGNAL NO. 1 HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 6:00 P.M. TODAY. A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 26 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              26 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 26 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                25 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      27 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     28 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    27 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               26 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    27 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 26 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                29 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    27 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   28 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  26 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              27 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                26 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                26 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                27 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                27 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     27 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   26 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                27 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         27 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 26 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 3:45 AND 4:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES WEST. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS
REGIONS WERE:

 

 
NORTH DISTRICT                   3 TO 12 MM;
SHA TIN                           4 TO 8 MM;
TAI PO                            1 TO 7 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 6 MM;
SAI KUNG                          1 TO 4 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 3 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      1 TO 3 MM;
KWUN TONG                         2 TO 3 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                  1 TO 2 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      1 TO 2 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 1 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 1 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 1 MM;
WAN CHAI                          0 TO 1 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                          1 MM.

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION:
LOCATION: 21.0 DEGREES NORTH, 110.1 DEGREES EAST; MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WIND NEAR ITS CENTRE: 55 KM/H.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 17:03 HKT ON 23.07.2018