HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 8 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 PER
CENT.

 

ACCORDING TO THE LATEST FORECAST, THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
CURRENTLY HOVERING AT MORE THAN 600 KILOMETRES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HONG KONG WILL INTENSIFY GRADUALLY AND
WILL BEGIN TO TAKE A MORE NORTHERLY TRACK TOMORROW (8
OCTOBER), MOVING TOWARDS THE VICINITY OF HAINAN ISLAND
GRADUALLY.  IT WILL BE CLOSER TO THE COAST OF GUANGDONG AS
COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS FORECAST.  THE OBSERVATORY WILL
CONSIDER ISSUING THE STRONG WIND SIGNAL, NO. 3, TO REPLACE
THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.  THE
PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION
ISSUED BY THE OBSERVATORY BEFORE DEPARTING TOMORROW
MORNING. 
 
UNDER THE COMBINED INFLUENCE OF THE NORTHEAST MONSOON AND
THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION, IT WILL BE WINDY WITH HEAVY RAIN,
SQUALLS AND ROUGH SEAS WITH SWELLS LOCALLY TOMORROW
(FRIDAY) TO EARLY SUNDAY.

INTENSE GUSTS REACHING 70 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY
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 10:30 P.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.

 

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                25 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      28 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     27 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    28 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               26 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    27 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 25 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                26 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    27 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                25 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                25 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                27 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                26 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     26 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                26 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         26 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              27 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 27 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 6:45 AND 7:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
LANTAU. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
EASTERN DISTRICT                11 TO 28 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT      13 TO 22 MM;
WAN CHAI                        16 TO 20 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 18 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                0 TO 14 MM;
KWUN TONG                        7 TO 14 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                    5 TO 12 MM;
SAI KUNG                         1 TO 11 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      3 TO 8 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      4 TO 7 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      3 TO 6 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 4 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 2 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 2 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 2 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 1 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 1 MM.

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION AT 8 P.M.:
LOCATION: 17.3 DEGREES NORTH, 111.7 DEGREES EAST.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 20:02 HKT ON 07.10.2021