HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 5 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 0.0. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: MORE THAN 70
MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED IN TUEN MUN DISTRICT
IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 5:00 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 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF FLOODING IN NORTHERN NEW
TERRITORIES HAS BEEN ISSUED.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 27 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              27 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 24 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                24 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      25 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     25 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    25 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               26 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    26 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 27 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                27 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    27 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   24 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  26 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              27 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                27 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                26 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                27 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                27 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     27 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   27 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                27 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         27 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              24 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 25 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 3:45 AND 4:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
YUEN LONG                       1 TO 119 MM;
TUEN MUN                         3 TO 63 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                  12 TO 61 MM;
TAI PO                           6 TO 60 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        2 TO 37 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 14 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                     3 TO 14 MM;
SHA TIN                          3 TO 11 MM;
SAI KUNG                          1 TO 9 MM;
KWUN TONG                         1 TO 5 MM;
KWAI TSING                        1 TO 4 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT             1 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                  0 TO 1 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 1 MM;
WAN CHAI                          0 TO 1 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                          1 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                           1 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                           1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 17:08 HKT ON 29.08.2018