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PRESS WEATHER NO. 143 - HOURLY READINGS
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HOURLY READINGS


 
AT NOON AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 26 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.7. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.


 
THOUGH RAINSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED, PEOPLE SHOULD
STAY ALERT TO THE DANGER THAT MAY BE BROUGHT ABOUT BY RIVER
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 2:00 P.M. TODAY. A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.


 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:


 
KING'S PARK                 26 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG 26 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING 29 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN 29 DEGREES;
TAI PO 26 DEGREES;
SHA TIN 26 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN 27 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O 26 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG 26 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU 27 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK 29 DEGREES;
TSING YI 26 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG 28 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON 26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY 27 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK 27 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN 25 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY 26 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY 26 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN 26 DEGREES;
STANLEY 27 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG 25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO 26 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK 25 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK 29 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK 26 DEGREES.


 
BETWEEN 10:45 AND 11:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER
ALL REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:


 

 
SHAM SHUI PO 28 TO 53 MM;
WONG TAI SIN 8 TO 43 MM;
KOWLOON CITY 8 TO 41 MM;
SHA TIN 10 TO 38 MM;
TAI PO 0 TO 32 MM;
SAI KUNG 0 TO 30 MM;
KWUN TONG 25 TO 28 MM;
TSUEN WAN 9 TO 26 MM;
KWAI TSING 0 TO 19 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT 0 TO 18 MM;
TUEN MUN 0 TO 16 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT 0 TO 15 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT 3 TO 14 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT 8 TO 13 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG 7 TO 11 MM;
WAN CHAI 6 TO 10 MM;
YUEN LONG 0 TO 2 MM.


 
33.9 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED AT THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT AND MIDDAY TODAY.


DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:31 HKT ON 17.08.2019

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