HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 3 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: MORE THAN 70
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED IN TAI PO DISTRICT IN
THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 2:20 P.M. AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS
FLOODING.

GUSTS REACHING 70 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 6:00 P.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

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

 

BETWEEN 1:45 AND 2:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES EAST, NEW TERRITORIES WEST, HONG KONG AND
KOWLOON. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
TAI PO                          33 TO 68 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                  14 TO 41 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        1 TO 37 MM;
YUEN LONG                       11 TO 32 MM;
SHA TIN                          6 TO 31 MM;
SAI KUNG                         0 TO 21 MM;
KWAI TSING                       3 TO 19 MM;
TUEN MUN                         0 TO 11 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      5 TO 9 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      1 TO 5 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      0 TO 4 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 3 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                          3 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 2 MM;
KWUN TONG                         0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 15:42 HKT ON 29.08.2018