HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 6 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 31 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 70 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.4. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

GUSTS REACHING 80 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY CONTINUE
TO AFFECT HONG KONG.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 8:00 P.M. TODAY. A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF FLOODING IN NORTHERN NEW
TERRITORIES WAS ISSUED AT 6:45 P.M.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 31 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              31 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 25 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                27 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      29 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     28 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    31 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               30 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    30 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 30 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                32 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    31 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           30 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  31 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              31 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                31 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                31 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                32 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                32 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     30 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   32 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                32 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         32 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              29 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 23 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 4:45 AND 5:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN 
NEW TERRITORIES WEST AND NEW TERRITORIES EAST. THE RAINFALL
RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
NORTH DISTRICT                   0 TO 42 MM;
TAI PO                           0 TO 18 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 6 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 18:48 HKT ON 22.08.2018