HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 4 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 25 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.1. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

A BAND OF THUNDERY SHOWERS WITH STRONG GUSTS IS CROSSING
HONG KONG. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT.

GUSTS REACHING 90 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY CONTINUE
TO AFFECT HONG KONG.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 5:00 P.M. TODAY. A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 25 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              24 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 25 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                24 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      25 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     26 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    25 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               25 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    27 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 24 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                27 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    25 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                25 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                25 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     24 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                25 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         25 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 25 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 2:45 AND 3:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       7 TO 19 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 1 TO 18 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 7 TO 15 MM;
WAN CHAI                        12 TO 15 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                5 TO 14 MM;
KWUN TONG                        5 TO 13 MM;
SAI KUNG                         4 TO 12 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                     6 TO 11 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                    8 TO 10 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    2 TO 8 MM;
TUEN MUN                          3 TO 8 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      7 TO 8 MM;
YUEN LONG                         2 TO 7 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      4 TO 7 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 5 MM;
SHA TIN                           2 TO 5 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         2 TO 5 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 4 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 16:03 HKT ON 18.08.2019