PRESS WEATHER NO. 032 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 3 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 25 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 PER
CENT.

 

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN MAY AFFECT HONG KONG SHORTLY. MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT.

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 2:50 A.M.
AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 6:00 A.M. TODAY. ISOLATED SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER NEW TERRITORIES
EAST, HONG KONG ISLAND AND KOWLOON.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 24 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              24 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 25 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                25 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      25 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     25 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    25 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               24 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    24 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  24 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              23 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                24 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                24 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                23 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                24 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     25 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   24 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                25 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         24 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 25 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 1:45 AND 2:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS
REGIONS WERE:

 

 
SAI KUNG                         0 TO 68 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 41 MM;
KWUN TONG                       13 TO 41 MM;
WAN CHAI                        24 TO 34 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       0 TO 16 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                     3 TO 16 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                     5 TO 13 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                0 TO 12 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                    3 TO 10 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 7 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      3 TO 7 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 5 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 5 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 03:06 HKT ON 14.10.2019