PRESS WEATHER NO. 099 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT NOON AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 30 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 8. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS VERY HIGH.

 

ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT FORECAST, TROPICAL CYCLONE PODUL
WILL ENTER WITHIN 800 KILOMETRES OF HONG KONG TOMORROW
MORNING (13 AUGUST). THE OBSERVATORY WILL ISSUE THE STANDBY
SIGNAL, NO. 1 BY THEN. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE OUTER
SUBSIDING AIR OF PODUL, IT WILL BE HOT DURING THE DAY
TOMORROW OVER GUANGDONG. HEAT TRIGGERED SHOWERS WILL ALSO
AFFECT THE REGION LATER TOMORROW. WITH PODUL MAKING
LANDFALL OVER THE VICINITY OF EASTERN GUANGDONG TO SOUTHERN
FUJIAN ON THURSDAY (14 AUGUST), ITS ASSOCIATED RAIN BAND
WILL BE RATHER CLOSE TO THE COAST OF GUANGDONG. THERE WILL
BE SQUALLY HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY ON
THURSDAY OVER THE TERRITORY. THERE WILL BE SWELLS. 
 
DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE BETWEEN PODUL AND THE PEARL RIVER
ESTUARY, ITS INTENSITY AND THE CHANGE IN LOCAL WINDS, THE
OBSERVATORY WILL ASSESS THE NEED OF ISSUING HIGHER TROPICAL
CYCLONE WARNING SIGNALS LATER TOMORROW TO EARLY THURSDAY.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PLEASE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ISSUED BY THE OBSERVATORY.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE VERY HOT WEATHER WARNING IS NOW IN FORCE. THE PUBLIC
SHOULD BEWARE OF HEAT STROKE AND DRINK MORE WATER.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 30 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              31 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 31 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                31 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      31 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     31 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    31 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               31 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    33 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 31 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                31 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    31 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   31 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           27 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  29 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              30 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                31 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                31 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                32 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                31 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     31 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   29 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                31 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         30 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              33 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 31 DEGREES.

 

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

 

 
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 7 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 6 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 4 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 2 MM.

 

8.5 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED AT THE HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT AND MIDDAY TODAY. 

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 12:02 HKT ON 12.08.2025