HOURLY READINGS


 

AT MIDNIGHT AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR
TEMPERATURE WAS 25 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 TODAY (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 THIS MORNING. THE PUBLIC
SHOULD TAKE NOTE OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ISSUED
BY THE OBSERVATORY BEFORE DEPARTING IN THE 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 TODAY (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 HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 5:00 A.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                 24 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              25 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 25 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                25 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      25 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     25 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    25 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               25 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    26 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 24 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                25 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    25 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           24 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  24 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                24 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                24 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                25 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                25 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     25 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                25 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         25 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 25 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 10:45 AND 11:45 P.M., THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN
VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
EASTERN DISTRICT                19 TO 39 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT               22 TO 33 MM;
WAN CHAI                        27 TO 32 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT      24 TO 31 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    12 TO 30 MM;
KWUN TONG                       17 TO 30 MM;
SAI KUNG                         7 TO 28 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   21 TO 26 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 3 TO 20 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                    13 TO 20 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                    11 TO 15 MM;
KWAI TSING                       5 TO 14 MM;
SHA TIN                          6 TO 10 MM;
TAI PO                           2 TO 10 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         3 TO 9 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                    0 TO 4 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 4 MM;
TUEN MUN                          0 TO 3 MM.

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION AT 11:00
P.M. YESTERDAY:
LOCATION: 17.4 DEGREES NORTH, 111.4 DEGREES EAST.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 00:46 HKT ON 08.10.2021