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PRESS WEATHER NO. 006 - HKO READINGS & RADIATION LEVEL
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HKO READINGS & RADIATION LEVEL

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER AND RADIATION LEVEL:
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HONG KONG OBSERVATORY
MAXIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE 24.2 C
MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE 17.4 C
GRASS MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 15.4 C
RELATIVE HUMIDITY 60 - 88 PERCENT
RAINFALL 0 MM
TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE 1ST JANUARY 233.9 MM
AGAINST AN AVERAGE OF 101.4 MM
 
OTHER STATIONS MIN MAX
KING'S PARK 16.0 C 23.8 C
WONG CHUK HANG 14.2 C 23.6 C
TA KWU LING 12.1 C 24.9 C
LAU FAU SHAN 14.2 C 24.2 C
TAI PO 14.5 C 22.1 C
SHA TIN 13.8 C 24.0 C
TUEN MUN 15.1 C 24.4 C
TSEUNG KWAN O 14.4 C 23.3 C
SAI KUNG 15.3 C 23.1 C
CHEUNG CHAU 15.5 C 24.7 C
CHEK LAP KOK 16.3 C 24.0 C
TSING YI 15.4 C 25.1 C
SHEK KONG 13.4 C 25.5 C
TSUEN WAN HO KOON 14.1 C 25.1 C
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY 14.1 C 24.9 C
HONG KONG PARK 16.2 C 24.7 C
SHAU KEI WAN NO DATA NO DATA
KOWLOON CITY 16.1 C 25.2 C
HAPPY VALLEY 14.7 C 24.9 C
WONG TAI SIN 15.1 C 24.3 C
STANLEY NO DATA NO DATA
KWUN TONG 16.4 C 23.0 C
SHAM SHUI PO 16.4 C 24.6 C
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK 17.6 C 22.8 C
YUEN LONG PARK 13.5 C 24.9 C
TAI MEI TUK 15.3 C 25.2 C
 
DURATION OF SUNSHINE (KING'S PARK): 10.7 H
 
THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S PARK YESTERDAY WAS 4,
THE UV INTENSITY WAS MODERATE.
THE MAXIMUM UV INDEX FOR YESTERDAY WAS 7.
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (WAGLAN ISLAND): NO DATA
 
YESTERDAY'S (12 MAR 2019) AVERAGE AMBIENT GAMMA RADIATION
DOSE RATE TAKEN OUTDOORS IN HONG KONG RANGED FROM 0.09 TO
0.15 MICROSIEVERT PER HOUR. THESE ARE WITHIN THE NORMAL
RANGE OF FLUCTUATION OF THE BACKGROUND RADIATION LEVEL IN
HONG KONG (SEE NOTE). THE AVERAGE DOSE RATES MEASURED AT
THE RADIATION MONITORING STATIONS OVER VARIOUS PARTS OF THE
TERRITORY WERE AS FOLLOWS :
 
STATION YESTERDAY'S AVERAGE
(MICROSIEVERT/HOUR)
PING CHAU 0.09
TAP MUN 0.09
KAT O 0.10
YUEN NG FAN 0.12
TAI MEI TUK 0.12
SHA TAU KOK 0.10
KWUN TONG 0.13
SAI WAN HO 0.10
KING'S PARK 0.14
TSIM BEI TSUI 0.13
CAPE D'AGUILAR 0.13
CHEK LAP KOK 0.15

 
NOTE
1. FROM READINGS TAKEN AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN HONG KONG IN THE
PAST, THE HOURLY MEAN AMBIENT GAMMA RADIATION DOSE RATE MAY
VARY BETWEEN 0.06 AND 0.3 MICROSIEVERT PER HOUR.
(1 MICROSIEVERT = 0.000001 SIEVERT = 0.001 MILLISIEVERT)
 
2. TEMPORAL VARIATIONS ARE GENERALLY CAUSED BY CHANGES IN
METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS SUCH AS RAINFALL, WIND AND
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE.
 
3. SPATIAL VARIATIONS ARE GENERALLY CAUSED BY DIFFERENCES IN
THE RADIOACTIVE CONTENT OF LOCAL ROCK AND SOIL.
 
4. THE DATA DISPLAYED IS PROVISIONAL. ONLY LIMITED DATA
VALIDATION HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT.


DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:18 HKT ON 13.03.2019

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