PRESS WEATHER NO. 151 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 4 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 1. 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.

THOUGH RAINSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED, PEOPLE SHOULD
STAY ALERT TO THE DANGER THAT MAY BE BROUGHT ABOUT BY RIVER
FLOODING.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

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                 27 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              29 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 26 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                28 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      27 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     28 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    29 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               29 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    28 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 28 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                31 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    26 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  26 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                28 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                26 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                28 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                27 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     30 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   27 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                27 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         27 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              31 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 25 DEGREES.

 

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

 

 
NORTH DISTRICT                   0 TO 27 MM;
YUEN LONG                        0 TO 18 MM;
TAI PO                           0 TO 10 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 9 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 6 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      0 TO 4 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 2 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 16:02 HKT ON 12.09.2020