PRESS WEATHER NO. 143 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 3 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.7. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: RAIN WAS PARTICULARLY
HEAVY IN SHA TIN DISTRICT, WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT AND
KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT, WITH MORE THAN 70 MILLIMETRES OF
RAINFALL RECORDED IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 2:20 P.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 5:00 P.M. TODAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 26 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              27 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 32 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                33 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      29 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     28 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    30 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               27 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    28 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 29 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                33 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    26 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   30 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  25 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                26 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                25 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                27 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                26 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     30 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                26 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         26 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              32 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 28 DEGREES.

 

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

 

 
SHA TIN                          0 TO 49 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    31 TO 46 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                     1 TO 43 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    16 TO 41 MM;
KWAI TSING                       1 TO 39 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        0 TO 33 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 27 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   15 TO 26 MM;
KWUN TONG                        2 TO 17 MM;
SAI KUNG                         0 TO 15 MM;
WAN CHAI                         7 TO 14 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       0 TO 13 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 7 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 4 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 1 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 15:02 HKT ON 12.09.2020