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PRESS WEATHER NO. 208 - HOURLY READINGS
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HOURLY READINGS


 
AT 10 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 29 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 10:10
P.M. AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.

GUSTS REACHING 70 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY AFFECT
HONG KONG.


 
PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:


 
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11:15 P.M. TODAY. SQUALLY 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 28 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN 27 DEGREES;
TAI PO 28 DEGREES;
SHA TIN 29 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN 28 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O 27 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG 27 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU 28 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK 26 DEGREES;
TSING YI 27 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG 27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON 27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY 28 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK 29 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN 29 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY 27 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY 30 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN 26 DEGREES;
STANLEY 28 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG 27 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO 28 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK 29 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK 28 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK 28 DEGREES.


 
BETWEEN 8:45 AND 9:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:


 

 
SAI KUNG 0 TO 41 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT 0 TO 26 MM;
TAI PO 0 TO 16 MM;
TUEN MUN 0 TO 14 MM;
WONG TAI SIN 7 TO 12 MM;
TSUEN WAN 0 TO 10 MM;
SHA TIN 0 TO 8 MM;
KOWLOON CITY 0 TO 7 MM;
KWAI TSING 0 TO 6 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT 0 TO 6 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG 0 TO 3 MM;
KWUN TONG 0 TO 2 MM;
YUEN LONG 0 TO 1 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO 0 TO 1 MM.


DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 22:41 HKT ON 16.08.2019

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