HOURLY READINGS


 

AT NOON AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 29 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 6. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS HIGH.

 

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE TROPICAL CYCLONE SIGNAL NO. 1 HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 2:00 P.M. TODAY. ISOLATED SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 29 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              30 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 26 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                27 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      26 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     27 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    26 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               28 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    28 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 27 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                27 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    27 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  26 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              29 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                29 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                28 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                30 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                28 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     30 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   29 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                27 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         29 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 25 DEGREES.

 

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

 

 
YUEN LONG                        0 TO 14 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        0 TO 10 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 9 MM;
KWAI TSING                        2 TO 8 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 7 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 7 MM;
TUEN MUN                          0 TO 6 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 2 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      0 TO 2 MM.

 

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

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM HIGOS:
LOCATION: 20.4 DEGREES NORTH, 116.3 DEGREES EAST; MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WIND NEAR ITS CENTRE: 65 KM/H.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:02 HKT ON 18.08.2020