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PRESS WEATHER NO. 052 - HOURLY READINGS
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HOURLY READINGS


 
AT 4 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 24 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 PER
CENT.


 
ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: RAIN WAS PARTICULARLY
HEAVY IN SAI KUNG DISTRICT AND EASTERN DISTRICT OF HONG
KONG ISLAND, WITH MORE THAN 70 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL
RECORDED IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 3:20 A.M. AND MAY
CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.


 
PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:


 
THE AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 6:00 A.M. TODAY. ISOLATED SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.


 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:


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


 
BETWEEN 2:45 AND 3:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES EAST, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THE RAINFALL
RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:


 

 
EASTERN DISTRICT 28 TO 56 MM;
SHA TIN 20 TO 56 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT 0 TO 47 MM;
WONG TAI SIN 20 TO 47 MM;
TAI PO 0 TO 44 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT 0 TO 43 MM;
KWUN TONG 16 TO 41 MM;
WAN CHAI 22 TO 40 MM;
KOWLOON CITY 21 TO 40 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO 14 TO 37 MM;
SAI KUNG 3 TO 36 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT 0 TO 32 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG 19 TO 30 MM;
TSUEN WAN 3 TO 14 MM;
KWAI TSING 8 TO 11 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT 0 TO 2 MM.


DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 04:02 HKT ON 14.10.2019

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