HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 3 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 29 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.5. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: RAIN WAS PARTICULARLY
HEAVY IN SHA TIN DISTRICT, WITH ABOUT 70 MILLIMETRES OF
RAINFALL RECORDED IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 1:55 P.M.
AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.

INTENSE GUSTS REACHING 80 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY
CONTINUE TO AFFECT HONG KONG. MEMBERS OF PUBLIC SHOULD SEEK
SAFE SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 5:30 P.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE VERY HOT WEATHER WARNING IS NOW IN FORCE. THE PUBLIC
SHOULD BEWARE OF HEATSTROKE AND DRINK MORE WATER.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 28 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              26 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 30 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                25 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      26 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     27 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    30 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               27 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    29 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 29 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                34 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    27 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   29 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  26 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                27 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                27 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                26 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                27 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     28 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   29 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                27 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         27 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 29 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 1:45 AND 2:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED OVER ALL
REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
WAN CHAI                        13 TO 41 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                0 TO 33 MM;
SHA TIN                          0 TO 31 MM;
KWAI TSING                       0 TO 21 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 20 MM;
TAI PO                           0 TO 18 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        0 TO 16 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                     4 TO 14 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                     1 TO 12 MM;
YUEN LONG                        0 TO 10 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                     2 TO 10 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 9 MM;
KWUN TONG                         3 TO 7 MM;
SAI KUNG                          0 TO 6 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     0 TO 6 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 3 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 2 MM;
TUEN MUN                          0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 15:02 HKT ON 03.09.2020