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PRESS WEATHER NO. 040 - 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.


 
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 AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL WAS ISSUED AT 3:15 A.M.
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 03:16 HKT ON 14.10.2019

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