HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 10 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 PER
CENT.

 

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN MAY AFFECT HONG KONG SHORTLY. MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT.

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: MORE THAN 70
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED IN CENTRAL AND
WESTERN DISTRICT OF HONG KONG ISLAND IN THE PAST 1 HOUR
ENDING AT 9:55 P.M. AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11:45 P.M. TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER LANTAU, HONG KONG ISLAND AND
KOWLOON.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

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

 

BETWEEN 8:45 AND 9:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
LANTAU, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN
VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       2 TO 63 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 1 TO 44 MM;
WAN CHAI                        14 TO 41 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                     1 TO 38 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   33 TO 35 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                     4 TO 32 MM;
TUEN MUN                         0 TO 15 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                     0 TO 14 MM;
KWUN TONG                        1 TO 11 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 7 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 6 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 3 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 22:04 HKT ON 26.08.2018