HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 11 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 26 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 PER
CENT.

 

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 AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11:45 P.M. TODAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 25 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              25 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 27 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                27 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      27 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     27 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    27 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               25 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    27 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 25 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                27 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    26 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                25 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                26 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     25 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   26 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                25 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         25 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              28 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 27 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 9:45 AND 10:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
LANTAU, NEW TERRITORIES WEST, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THE
RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 77 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                0 TO 66 MM;
WAN CHAI                        41 TO 52 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT      21 TO 49 MM;
SAI KUNG                         0 TO 48 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                14 TO 34 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        0 TO 30 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                    5 TO 18 MM;
KWUN TONG                       12 TO 16 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                     0 TO 11 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      0 TO 6 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      0 TO 3 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:02 HKT ON 26.08.2018