HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 5 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 26 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 PER
CENT.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE MEAN UV INDEX RECORDED AT KING'S
PARK WAS 0.2. THE INTENSITY OF UV RADIATION WAS LOW.

 

LOCALISED HEAVY RAIN ADVISORY: THERE IS EXCEPTIONALLY
SEVERE RAINSTORM IN SAI KUNG DISTRICT. RAIN IS ALSO
PARTICULARLY HEAVY IN TAI PO DISTRICT AND NORTH DISTRICT OF
THE NEW TERRITORIES. 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 140 MILLIMETRES OVER SAI KUNG
DISTRICT. HOURLY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED OR HAS
EXCEEDED 70 MILLIMETRES OVER TAI PO DISTRICT AND NORTH
DISTRICT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

 

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                     28 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    26 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               25 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    26 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                25 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     25 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                26 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         26 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 25 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 3:45 AND 4:45 P.M., THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN
VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
SAI KUNG                         7 TO 94 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   8 TO 60 MM;
TAI PO                           2 TO 32 MM;
SHA TIN                          6 TO 17 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                     5 TO 11 MM;
KWUN TONG                       10 TO 11 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                  5 TO 8 MM;
YUEN LONG                         0 TO 7 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                 2 TO 6 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         1 TO 6 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      4 TO 6 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     4 TO 5 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                      3 TO 5 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT        2 TO 4 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 4 MM;
WAN CHAI                               4 MM;
KWAI TSING                        0 TO 3 MM;
TUEN MUN                          1 TO 3 MM.

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON SEVERE TYPHOON RAGASA AT 5 P.M.:
LOCATION: 21.6 DEGREES NORTH, 112.1 DEGREES EAST; MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WIND NEAR ITS CENTRE: 155 KM/H.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 17:41 HKT ON 24.09.2025