HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 10 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 26 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 PER
CENT.

 

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

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE TROPICAL CYCLONE SIGNAL NO. 8 HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1:00 A.M. TOMORROW. ISOLATED SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 25 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              26 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 26 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                26 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      26 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     27 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    25 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               25 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    26 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 25 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                25 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    25 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           24 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  25 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                25 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                25 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                26 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                25 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     27 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   27 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                25 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         26 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 25 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 8:45 AND 9:45 P.M., THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN
VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
WONG TAI SIN                    15 TO 29 MM;
KWUN TONG                       14 TO 29 MM;
SAI KUNG                         4 TO 25 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    12 TO 23 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                13 TO 22 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                    16 TO 22 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       9 TO 20 MM;
WAN CHAI                        18 TO 20 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   11 TO 20 MM;
SHA TIN                          3 TO 19 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                7 TO 19 MM;
KWAI TSING                       9 TO 14 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 11 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         2 TO 9 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 3 MM;
TUEN MUN                          0 TO 2 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 2 MM.

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON SEVERE TROPICAL STORM HIGOS:
LOCATION: 21.2 DEGREES NORTH, 114.5 DEGREES EAST; MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WIND NEAR ITS CENTRE: 90 KM/H.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 22:56 HKT ON 18.08.2020