PRESS WEATHER NO. 240 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 4 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 26 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.3. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN ADVISORY: THERE IS SEVERE RAINSTORM IN
SAI KUNG DISTRICT. RAIN IS ALSO PARTICULARLY HEAVY IN NORTH
DISTRICT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES AND TAI PO DISTRICT. IT MAY
CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD STAY
ON HIGH ALERT AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE
THEIR EXPOSURE TO RISK POSED BY THE HEAVY RAIN AND
FLOODING. HOURLY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED OR HAS
EXCEEDED 100 MILLIMETRES OVER SAI KUNG DISTRICT. HOURLY
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED OR HAS EXCEEDED 70
MILLIMETRES OVER NORTH DISTRICT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES AND
TAI PO DISTRICT.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE TROPICAL CYCLONE SIGNAL NO. 8 HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE LANDSLIP WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.
THE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF FLOODING IN NORTHERN NEW
TERRITORIES HAS BEEN ISSUED.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 25 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              26 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 25 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                25 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      25 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     29 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    26 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               25 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    25 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 25 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                27 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    26 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   // DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           24 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  25 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                25 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                25 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                26 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                26 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     26 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                26 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         26 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 24 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 2:45 AND 3:45 P.M., THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN
VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
SAI KUNG                         9 TO 88 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   7 TO 77 MM;
TAI PO                           2 TO 56 MM;
SHA TIN                          6 TO 47 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      6 TO 9 MM;
KWUN TONG                         6 TO 9 MM;
YUEN LONG                         1 TO 8 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 6 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 6 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                  4 TO 5 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     2 TO 5 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      3 TO 5 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      4 TO 5 MM;
KWAI TSING                        1 TO 4 MM;
TUEN MUN                          0 TO 3 MM;
WAN CHAI                          2 TO 3 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        1 TO 2 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 1 TO 2 MM.

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON SEVERE TYPHOON RAGASA AT 4 P.M.:
LOCATION: 21.5 DEGREES NORTH, 112.3 DEGREES EAST; MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WIND NEAR ITS CENTRE: 175 KM/H.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 16:03 HKT ON 24.09.2025