PRESS WEATHER NO. 178 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 1 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.5. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

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

SPECIAL LANDSLIP ADVISORY: RAIN HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY HEAVY
IN EASTERN DISTRICT AND SOUTHERN DISTRICT; AND MAY CAUSE
LANDSLIDES. PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO LANDSLIDE RISK AND
STAY AWAY FROM SLOPES. IF LANDSLIDE OCCURS NEARBY, LEAVE
IMMEDIATELY AND CALL THE POLICE UNDER SAFE CONDITIONS.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 2:30 P.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF FLOODING IN NORTHERN NEW
TERRITORIES WAS ISSUED AT 1:27 P.M.

 

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                33 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      26 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     26 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    29 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               25 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    26 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 26 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                30 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    27 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   28 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  27 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                25 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                26 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                27 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                26 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     25 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   26 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                27 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         25 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              31 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 26 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 11:45 A.M. AND 12:45 P.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED
OVER ALL REGIONS. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS
WERE:

 

 
TAI PO                           1 TO 55 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 9 TO 26 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 22 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   0 TO 20 MM;
YUEN LONG                        0 TO 18 MM;
SHA TIN                          4 TO 17 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                0 TO 17 MM;
WAN CHAI                         4 TO 17 MM;
KWUN TONG                        8 TO 17 MM;
SAI KUNG                         0 TO 14 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                     8 TO 14 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                     4 TO 13 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     1 TO 7 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 6 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      1 TO 5 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 4 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        0 TO 2 MM.

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM CO-MAY AT NOON:
LOCATION: 27.6 DEGREES NORTH, 124.4 DEGREES EAST.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 13:29 HKT ON 29.07.2025