PRESS WEATHER NO. 074 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 9 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 29 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.8. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: RAIN WAS PARTICULARLY
HEAVY IN LANTAU ISLAND IN ISLANDS DISTRICT, WITH MORE THAN
70 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL RECORDED IN THE PAST 1 HOUR
ENDING AT 8:15 A.M. AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10:00 A.M. TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 29 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              29 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 32 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                25 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      27 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     29 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    26 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               29 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    30 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 27 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                26 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    26 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  26 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              29 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                29 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                29 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                30 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                30 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     29 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   30 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                26 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         30 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              27 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 33 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 7:45 AND 8:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN 
NEW TERRITORIES WEST AND LANTAU. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN
VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 69 MM;
SHA TIN                          0 TO 35 MM;
TUEN MUN                         0 TO 19 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        0 TO 16 MM;
YUEN LONG                        0 TO 10 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      2 TO 9 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 5 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 4 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 3 MM.

 

BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 A.M. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS
28.7 DEGREES CELSIUS AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 09:02 HKT ON 28.07.2019