PRESS WEATHER NO. 288 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 7 P.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 26 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 PER
CENT.

 

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.

RAGASA HAS MADE LANDFALL OVER YANGJIANG, GUANGDONG, AND IS
DEPARTING FROM HONG KONG GRADUALLY. LOCAL WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO WEAKEN GRADUALLY. THE OBSERVATORY WILL ISSUE
THE STRONG WIND SIGNAL, NO. 3 AT 8:20 P.M.

 

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

 

BETWEEN 5:45 AND 6:45 P.M., THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN
VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
TAI PO                           0 TO 37 MM;
SHA TIN                          7 TO 31 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   5 TO 28 MM;
TUEN MUN                         1 TO 23 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT      10 TO 18 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 16 MM;
KWAI TSING                       3 TO 15 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        7 TO 15 MM;
WAN CHAI                         9 TO 15 MM;
YUEN LONG                        4 TO 15 MM;
SAI KUNG                         0 TO 14 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                5 TO 13 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                     8 TO 12 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                 3 TO 10 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                     5 TO 10 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     8 TO 9 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                      7 TO 8 MM;
KWUN TONG                         4 TO 5 MM.

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON SEVERE TYPHOON RAGASA AT 7 P.M.:
LOCATION: 21.6 DEGREES NORTH, 111.6 DEGREES EAST; MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WIND NEAR ITS CENTRE: 155 KM/H.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 19:03 HKT ON 24.09.2025