HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 11 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL WAS ISSUED AT 11:20 P.M.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1:00 A.M. TOMORROW. 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              25 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 26 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                25 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      27 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     27 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    27 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               25 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    27 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 25 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                27 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    27 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                24 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                26 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                26 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                26 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     25 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   26 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                26 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         25 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              27 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 25 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 9:45 AND 10:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES EAST, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THE RAINFALL
RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 0 TO 9 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                  0 TO 5 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 3 MM;
SAI KUNG                          0 TO 3 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 3 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 1 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 1 MM;
TUEN MUN                          0 TO 1 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 1 MM.

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION AT 11 P.M.:
LOCATION: 17.4 DEGREES NORTH, 111.4 DEGREES EAST.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:21 HKT ON 07.10.2021