PRESS WEATHER NO. 018 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 1 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 29 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 PER
CENT.

 

LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN ADVISORY: RAIN IS PARTICULARLY HEAVY
IN LANTAU ISLAND IN ISLANDS DISTRICT, WITH MORE THAN 70
MILLIMETRES OF HOURLY RAINFALL FALLEN OR EXPECTED TO FALL
AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING.

AN AREA OF THUNDERY SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH A TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE IS DEVELOPING OVER THE VICINITY OF THE TERRITORY.
SHOWERS MAY BE HEAVIER IN SOME AREAS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE CHANGE IN WEATHER.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 3:00 A.M. TODAY. A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 28 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              27 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 26 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                27 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      27 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     27 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    27 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               26 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    28 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 26 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                28 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              27 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                27 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                28 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                28 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                28 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     27 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   28 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                28 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         29 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 28 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 11:45 P.M. AND 0:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED
WITHIN  NEW TERRITORIES EAST AND LANTAU. THE RAINFALL
RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 33 MM;
SAI KUNG                         0 TO 18 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 2 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 1 MM;
KWUN TONG                         0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 01:08 HKT ON 11.08.2023