PRESS WEATHER NO. 072 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 8 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 19 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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.

 

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN MAY AFFECT HONG KONG IN A COUPLE OF
HOURS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10:30 A.M. TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 19 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              20 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 19 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                18 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      18 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     19 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    20 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               19 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    19 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 19 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                20 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    20 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   18 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           19 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  20 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              19 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                18 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                19 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                20 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                20 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     19 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   19 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                20 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         19 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              18 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 19 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 6:45 AND 7:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
LANTAU, NEW TERRITORIES WEST, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THE
RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 13 MM;
YUEN LONG                        0 TO 13 MM;
TUEN MUN                         0 TO 12 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   0 TO 10 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 8 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 5 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 3 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 2 MM;
SAI KUNG                          0 TO 2 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 2 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 2 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      0 TO 2 MM;
WAN CHAI                          0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 08:38 HKT ON 19.02.2019