PRESS WEATHER NO. 080 - HOURLY READINGS

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HOURLY READINGS

 

AT 5 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 25 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 PER
CENT.

 

SPECIAL LANDSLIP ADVISORY: RAIN HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY HEAVY
IN NORTH NEW TERRITORIES; 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.

INTENSE GUSTS REACHING 70 KILOMETRES PER HOUR OR ABOVE MAY
CONTINUE TO AFFECT HONG KONG. MEMBERS OF PUBLIC SHOULD SEEK
SAFE SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL WAS ISSUED AT 5:15 A.M.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 6:30 A.M. TODAY. A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
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                24 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      25 DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     25 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    25 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               25 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    25 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 25 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                27 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    25 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   24 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  25 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                25 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                25 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                25 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                25 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     25 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   25 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                25 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         25 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              25 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 25 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 3:45 AND 4:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
LANTAU, NEW TERRITORIES EAST, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THE
RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS REGIONS WERE:

 

 
EASTERN DISTRICT                21 TO 42 MM;
SAI KUNG                         1 TO 41 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                0 TO 34 MM;
WAN CHAI                        22 TO 34 MM;
KWUN TONG                       23 TO 32 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                    10 TO 27 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                 0 TO 26 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT      16 TO 21 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                   17 TO 19 MM;
WONG TAI SIN                     7 TO 17 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                     7 TO 13 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 6 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 5 MM;
KWAI TSING                        1 TO 2 MM;
TSUEN WAN                         0 TO 1 MM;
TUEN MUN                          0 TO 1 MM.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:17 HKT ON 21.05.2026