HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 7 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 25 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 PER
CENT.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: RAIN WAS PARTICULARLY
HEAVY IN SAI KUNG DISTRICT, WITH MORE THAN 70 MILLIMETRES
OF RAINFALL RECORDED IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 7:50 P.M.
AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE TROPICAL CYCLONE SIGNAL NO. 8 HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 8:45 P.M. TODAY. OCCASIONAL SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

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

 

BETWEEN 5:45 AND 6:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES EAST. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS
REGIONS WERE:

 

 
TSUEN WAN                        5 TO 30 MM;
YUEN LONG                       10 TO 26 MM;
SAI KUNG                         5 TO 22 MM;
SHA TIN                         15 TO 22 MM;
TAI PO                           1 TO 20 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   3 TO 19 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    10 TO 17 MM;
KWAI TSING                       8 TO 15 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                     7 TO 12 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 1 TO 11 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                     8 TO 11 MM;
KWUN TONG                        8 TO 11 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        4 TO 9 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 5 TO 9 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                  4 TO 8 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     6 TO 8 MM;
TUEN MUN                          4 TO 7 MM;
WAN CHAI                               7 MM.

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM WIPHA:
LOCATION: 19.8 DEGREES NORTH, 112.6 DEGREES EAST; MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WIND NEAR ITS CENTRE: 85 KM/H.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 19:52 HKT ON 31.07.2019