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PRESS WEATHER NO. 153 - HOURLY READINGS
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HOURLY READINGS


 
AT 5 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.3. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.


 
ANNOUNCEMENT ON LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN: RAIN WAS PARTICULARLY
HEAVY IN SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT, WITH ABOUT 70 MILLIMETRES
OF RAINFALL RECORDED IN THE PAST 1 HOUR ENDING AT 2:45 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 7:00 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 26 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING 27 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN 26 DEGREES;
TAI PO 26 DEGREES;
SHA TIN 27 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN 28 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O 28 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG 28 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU 27 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK 30 DEGREES;
TSING YI 26 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG 26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON 25 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 27 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG 27 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO 27 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK 28 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK 27 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK 27 DEGREES.


 
BETWEEN 3:45 AND 4:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES EAST, NEW TERRITORIES WEST, HONG KONG AND
KOWLOON. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:


 

 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT 0 TO 44 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT 0 TO 30 MM;
TAI PO 0 TO 23 MM;
WAN CHAI 17 TO 22 MM;
YUEN LONG 0 TO 21 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT 0 TO 18 MM;
KWAI TSING 1 TO 17 MM;
TSUEN WAN 0 TO 15 MM;
SHA TIN 0 TO 14 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO 2 TO 9 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG 0 TO 2 MM;
KOWLOON CITY 0 TO 2 MM;
WONG TAI SIN 0 TO 1 MM.


DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 17:02 HKT ON 21.09.2020

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