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Bulletin issued at 17:02 HKT 14/Oct/2017

At 5 p.m. at the Hong Kong Observatory the air temperature was 25 degrees Celsius and the relative humidity 70 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.

Please be reminded that:

The Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 1 has been issued.

The air temperatures at other places were:

King's Park 24 degrees;
Wong Chuk Hang 26 degrees;
Ta Kwu Ling 23 degrees;
Lau Fau Shan 24 degrees;
Tai Po 24 degrees;
Sha Tin 24 degrees;
Tuen Mun 25 degrees;
Tseung Kwan O 24 degrees;
Sai Kung 24 degrees;
Cheung Chau 24 degrees;
Chek Lap Kok 25 degrees;
Tsing Yi 25 degrees;
Shek Kong 24 degrees;
Tsuen Wan Ho Koon 23 degrees;
Tsuen Wan Shing Mun Valley 24 degrees;
Hong Kong Park 25 degrees;
Shau Kei Wan 25 degrees;
Kowloon City 24 degrees;
Happy Valley 25 degrees;
Wong Tai Sin 24 degrees;
Stanley 25 degrees;
Kwun Tong 24 degrees;
Sham Shui Po 25 degrees;
Kai Tak Runway Park 25 degrees;
Yuen Long Park 25 degrees;
Tai Mei Tuk 24 degrees.

Here is the information on Severe Tropical Storm Khanun:
Location: 18.0 degrees north, 117.7 degrees east; Maximum sustained wind near its centre: 110 km/h.


Note: The data above is provisional. Only limited data validation has been carried out.


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Bulletin updated at 16:45 HKT 14/Oct/2017

Here is the latest weather bulletin issued by the Hong Kong Observatory.

Weather forecast for tonight and tomorrow

Cloudy to overcast with showers. Showers will be heavy with squalls tomorrow. Seas will be rough with swells. Temperatures will range between 22 and 25 degrees. Fresh northerly winds, strengthening overnight with occasional gales offshore and on high ground. Winds will gradually turn east to northeasterlies tomorrow.

Outlook : Windy with heavy squally showers at first on Monday. Weather will improve midweek next week.


(The above forecast period is valid up to 23:59 HKT tomorrow, 15/10/2017; Regular update at : around 45 minutes past each hour, 16:15 HKT and 23:15 HKT)

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Bulletin issued at 09:00 HKT 14/Oct/2017

STORM WARNING AREAS: PRATAS, SCARBOROUGH AND PARACEL.
GALE WARNING AREAS: HONG KONG, KWANGTUNG, TAIWAN STRAIT, BASHI AND BALINTANG.

GENERAL SITUATION AT 132100 UTC:
FOR DETAILS ON SEVERE TROPICAL STORM KHANUN (1720), PLEASE REFER TO THE 3-HRLY SHIPPING WARNINGS. UNDER THE COMBINED EFFECT OF KHANUN AND THE NORTHEAST MONSOON, IT WILL BE WINDY WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER THE FORECAST AREAS.

MARINE FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 140100 UTC:

HONG KONG= N TO NE 6-7, OCNL 8 LATER. DOWN TO 4000 M IN ISOL SQUALLY SHOWERS AND TS LATER. SEA 3-4 M, UP TO 6 M LATER. SWELL E TO NE 2-3 M, SE UP TO 2 M. TEMP 29-23 C. =
KWANGTUNG= N TO NE 7-8, 9 IN E. DOWN TO 1000 M IN OCNL HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND TS. SEA 4-6 M, 8 M IN E. SWELL E TO NE 3-5 M, SE 3 M. =
TAIWAN STRAIT= N TO NE 9. DOWN TO 500 M IN FRQ HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND TS. SEA 8 M. SWELL NE 5 M, SE 3 M. =
BASHI= E TO NE 7-8, OCNL 9. DOWN TO 500 M IN FRQ HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND TS. SEA UP TO 8 M. SWELL NE 5 M, SE 3-5 M. =
PRATAS= N TO NE 8-9, CYCLONIC 10-11 LATER. DOWN TO 500 M IN FRQ HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND TS. SEA 6-8 M, 10-12 M LATER. SWELL NE 5 M, SE 3-5 M. =
BALINTANG= E TO NE 7-8, OCNL 9. DOWN TO 500 M IN FRQ HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND TS. SEA UP TO 8 M. SWELL NE 5 M, SE 3-5 M. =
SCARBOROUGH= CYCLONIC 10-11, S 10-11 LATER. DOWN TO 500 M IN FRQ HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND TS. SEA 10-12 M. SWELL NE 5 M. =
PARACEL= N TO NE 7-8, CYCLONIC 10-11 LATER. DOWN TO 500 M IN FRQ HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS AND TS. SEA 4-6 M, 10-12 M LATER. SWELL NE 5 M. =
TONKIN= N TO NE 6-7, NW 6-7 LATER. DOWN TO 4000 M IN ISOL SQUALLY SHOWERS AND TS. SEA 3-4 M. SWELL NE 2-3 M. =
DANANG= N TO NE 6-7, NW 6-7 LATER. DOWN TO 4000 M IN ISOL SQUALLY SHOWERS AND TS. SEA 3-4 M. SWELL NE 3 M. =
NNNN
Abbreviations:
KT, VRB, SLW, FRQ - knot, variable, slow, frequent STNR, QSTNR, C - stationary, quasi-stationary, degrees celsius WKN, INTSF, INTST, NC - weaken, intensify, intensity, no change LGT, ISOL, SCT, OCNL - light, isolated, scattered, occasional CLD, DZ, TS - cloudy, drizzle, thunderstorm

The date and time are specified by a 6-digit number DDHHMM. DD stands for the day of month, HH represents the hour while MM indicates the minute in UTC.


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    Bulletin issued at 17:00 HKT 14/Oct/2017

    Weather information for south China coastal waters issued by the Hong Kong Observatory at 5:00 p.m. on 14 October 2017

    Warnings:
    Hurricane force winds in south of Hong Kong. Gale force winds in Hong Kong adjacent waters, Nan'ao, Shanwei and Shangchuan Dao.

    Weather Situation:
    At 5 p.m., Severe Tropical Storm Khanun with maximum sustained winds of about 110 kilometres per hour near its centre was located at 18.0 degrees north, 117.7 degrees east. It is forecast to move northwest at about 20 kilometres per hour across the South China Sea and intensify. It will move in the general direction of Leizhou Peninsula to Hainan Island. Under the combined effect of Khanun and the northeast monsoon, it will be windy with heavy showers over the south China coastal waters.

    Area forecasts for the next 24 hours

    Hong Kong Adjacent Waters:
    North to northeast force 6 to 7, occasionally force 8 later.
    Heavy squally showers and thunderstorms.
    Rough to very rough seas.

    Nan'ao and Shanwei:
    East to northeast force 8 to 9.
    Frequent heavy squally showers and thunderstorms.
    Very rough to high seas.

    South of Hong Kong:
    North force 8 to 9, becoming cyclonic up to force 12 later.
    Frequent heavy squally showers and thunderstorms.
    Very rough to high seas, becoming phenomenal seas later.

    Shangchuan Dao:
    North to northwest force 7 to 8, up to force 9 later.
    Frequent heavy squally showers and thunderstorms.
    Very rough to high seas.

    Outlook for the next 48 hours
    Northeasterly winds of force 9 to 10, cyclonic winds of up to force 12 in west at first. Heavy squally showers and thunderstorms.

    Latest reports from south China coastal weather stations
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    Waglan Island Wind north force 6
      Visibility 21 Kilometres

    Shantou Wind east-southeast force 1
      Visibility 11 Kilometres in showers

    Dongsha Wind north-northeast force 5
      Visibility 9 Kilometres

    Macau Wind north force 3
      Visibility 18 Kilometres

    Xisha Wind north-northwest force 4
      Visibility 15 Kilometres

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    Bulletin issued at 17:30 HKT 14/OCT/2017
    (Next update at 01:30 HKT 15/OCT/2017)
    I.   SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WITHIN 100 KILOMETER RADIUS OF H.K :
     SEV TURB AND SEV GUSTS.  GALE FORCE WINDS.
II.  SYNOPSIS OF THE WEATHER SITUATION :
     AT 4 P.M., SEVERE TROPICAL STORM KHANUN WAS
     LOCATED NEAR 17.9 DEGREES NORTH, 117.7 DEGREES
     EAST. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT
     11 KNOTS ACROSS THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND
     INTENSIFY. IT WILL MOVE IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION
     OF LEIZHOU PENINSULA TO HAINAN ISLAND.
III. FORECAST FOR 100-KILOMETER RADIUS AROUND HONG KONG
     FROM 1800 TO 0400 HKT:
             WIND                           TEMPERATURE (DEG. C)
   A.   SURFACE:  010/20-25G35
       OFFSHORE:  010/25-30 OCNL 35G45                 24-22
   B.   2000 FT:  010/35-40 OCNL 45G55                 19
   C.   5000 FT:  070/45                               19
   D.  10000 FT:  090/40                               12
   E.  18000 FT:  080/30                               MS2
   F.  24000 FT:  090/25                               MS12
   G.  30000 FT:  090/25                               MS25
   H. INVERSION LEVEL(S) (ONLY WHEN BELOW 5000 FEET) : 
      1800-2100 FT
   I. WEATHER       : 
      CLOUDY TO OVERCAST WITH SHOWERS. SHOWERS WILL
      BE HEAVY WITH SQUALLS.
   J. CLOUD (HEIGHT ABOVE MSL) : 
      FEW 2000 FT  SCT 4000 FT BKN 5000 FT
   K. VISIBILITY    : 8 KM. TEMPO 2000 M IN SHOWERS.
   L. 0 DEG. C LEVEL: 17500 FT      10 DEG. C LEVEL(S) : 12000 FT
   M. TURBULENCE    : MOD TO SEV
   N. SEA STATE     : 4.0-6.0 M     SEA TEMPERATURE    : 28 DEG
IV.  FURTHER OUTLOOK: 
     STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS, OCCASIONALLY GALE
     FORCE WINDS OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND. CLOUDY
     TO OVERCAST WITH HEAVY SQUALLY SHOWERS.=

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Note: The forecast could be updated before the next issue time 
whenever there is newly expected occurrence or non-occurrence 
of significant weather as described below which may be hazardous 
to aircraft within 100-km radius of Hong Kong:

(a) Change of the tropical cyclone category
(b) Strong, Gale, Storm, and Hurricane force winds
(c) Thunderstorm/CBs
(d) Severe gusts
(e) Severe turbulence
(f) Significant low stratus
(g) Fog or thick haze/sandstorm/duststorm 
    causing significant reduction of visibility
(h) Volcanic ash
(i) Radioactive cloud
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    The Airport Meteorological Office is responsible for monitoring hazardous weather and phenomena in the atmosphere that may affect the safety of aircraft operations within a designated airspace over the northern part of the South China Sea. Weather forecasters at the Airport Meteorological Office issues SIGMET information when hazardous weather and phenomena in the atmosphere such as thunderstorms, tropical cyclones, turbulence, icing occur or are expected to occur in the airspace.

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    issued by the Hong Kong Observatory at 17:30 HKT on 14 Oct 17

    VHHK SIGMET 7 VALID 140915/141315 VHHH- VHHK HONG KONG FIR EMBD TS FCST WI N2100 E11730 - N1642 E11400 - N1806 E11242 - N2306 E11624 - N2312 E11730 - N2100 E11730 TOP FL450 MOV WNW 10KT NC= VHHK SIGMET 8 VALID 142000/150200 VHHH- VHHK HONG KONG FIR TC KHANUN PSN N1912 E11600 CB FCST AT 2000Z WI 210NM OF TC CENTRE TOP FL500 INTSF FCST AT 0200Z TC CENTRE PSN N1942 E11500=

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    Bulletin issued at 16:45 HKT 14/Oct/2017

    Tropical Cyclone Warning Bulletin

    Here is the latest Tropical Cyclone Warning Bulletin issued by the Hong Kong Observatory.

    The Standby Signal, No. 1 is in force.

    This means that a tropical cyclone now centred within about 800 kilometres of Hong Kong may affect us.

    At 5 p.m., Severe Tropical Storm Khanun was estimated to be about 600 kilometres southeast of Hong Kong (near 18.0 degrees north 117.7 degrees east) and is forecast to move northwest at about 20 kilometres per hour across the South China Sea and intensify. It will move in the general direction of Leizhou Peninsula to Hainan Island.

    Winds were occasionally strong offshore and on high ground in Hong Kong in the past few hours. With Khanun continuing to track northwestward and moving closer to the South China coastal area, and together with the effect of the northeast monsoon, local winds will strengthen gradually. The Observatory will consider issuing the Strong Wind Signal, No. 3 tonight.

    Khanun is expected to edge closer to the south China coast tomorrow. Local weather will deteriorate significantly. Members of the public should take precautionary measures against high winds and flooding as soon as possible.

    (Precautionary Announcements with No. 1 Signal)

    1. Some precautions against damage should be taken now, gutters and drains should be cleared of obstructions. Hinges, bolts, locks and shutters of windows and doors should be checked.

    2. People living in wooden huts and in low-lying areas should take necessary precautions against strong winds and flooding.

    3. If you are planning to visit Guangdong, Macau, any of the off-shore islands or remote parts of Hong Kong, you are reminded that changes in weather may affect your plans.

    4. Since there may be swells, you are advised to stay away from the shoreline and not to engage in water sports.

    5. Engineers, architects and contractors should make sure that scaffoldings, hoardings and other temporary structures are secured.

    6. Owners of shop signs, advertisements and TV aerials which overhang public thoroughfares or which are situated on tops of buildings should make sure that the fastenings and framework of these structures are secured.

    7. Listen to radio, watch TV or browse the Hong Kong Observatory's web site for information on the tropical cyclone.
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    Bulletin issued at 15:30 HKT 14/Oct/2017


    Tropical Cyclone Warning

    At 140600 UTC, Severe Tropical Storm Khanun (1720) with central pressure 975 hectopascals was centred within 60 nautical miles of one seven point eight degrees north (17.8 N) one one eight point zero degrees east (118.0 E) and is forecast to move northwest at about 10 knots for the next 24 hours.

    Maximum winds near the centre are estimated to be 60 knots.

    Radius of over 33 knot winds 150 nautical miles over northern semicircle, 90 nautical miles elsewhere.
    Radius of over 47 knot winds 30 nautical miles.
    Radius of over 2 metre waves 270 nautical miles over northern semicircle, 240 nautical miles elsewhere.

    Forecast position and intensity at 150600 UTC
    One nine point nine degrees north (19.9 N)
    One one four point two degrees east (114.2 E)
    Maximum winds 70 knots.

    Forecast position and intensity at 160600 UTC
    Two zero point three degrees north (20.3 N)
    One zero nine point one degrees east (109.1 E)
    Maximum winds 55 knots.

    Forecast position and intensity at 170600 UTC
    One eight point three degrees north (18.3 N)
    One zero seven point five degrees east (107.5 E)
    Maximum winds 35 knots.

    Forecast position and intensity at 180600 UTC
    Dissipated over land.



    The Hong Kong Observatory's tropical cyclone warnings for shipping are issued about one and a half hours after the time of observation. They incorporate additional information derived from surface and upper-air data and may therefore be slightly different from the real-time satellite or radar-based positions given in the hourly bulletins for public.

    While the forecast positions and track indicate the most likely future path of the tropical cyclone, they may deviate from the actual path taken by the storm.

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    Bulletin issued at 00:15 HKT 14/Oct/2017 
    HKO Readings & Radiation Level

Yesterday's Weather and Radiation Level:
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Hong Kong Observatory
Maximum Air Temperature                     30.6 C
Minimum Air Temperature                     24.5 C
Grass Minimum Temperature                   24.4 C
Relative Humidity                        53 - 73 Percent
Rainfall                                       0 mm 
Total rainfall since 1st January          2461.4 mm
Against an average of                     2286.4 mm

Other Stations                Min                  Max
King's Park                  23.9 C               29.9 C
Wong Chuk Hang               25.0 C               31.4 C
Ta Kwu Ling                  22.7 C               30.0 C
Lau Fau Shan                 23.0 C               28.9 C
Tai Po                       23.2 C               29.4 C
Sha Tin                      23.4 C               30.3 C
Tuen Mun                     23.9 C               30.3 C
Tseung Kwan O                23.1 C               31.6 C
Sai Kung                     24.1 C               28.6 C
Cheung Chau                  23.4 C               31.2 C
Chek Lap Kok                 24.5 C               30.9 C
Tsing Yi                     23.9 C               30.7 C
Shek Kong                    23.2 C               30.3 C
Tsuen Wan Ho Koon            22.2 C               28.8 C
Tsuen Wan Shing Mun Valley   22.4 C               31.1 C
Hong Kong Park               24.9 C               30.0 C
Shau Kei Wan                 24.3 C               31.5 C
Kowloon City                 23.7 C               30.0 C
Happy Valley                 24.9 C               32.4 C
Wong Tai Sin                 23.4 C               31.1 C
Stanley                      24.7 C               32.4 C
Kwun Tong                    23.4 C               30.8 C
Sham Shui Po                 24.2 C               31.4 C
Kai Tak Runway Park          24.0 C               30.7 C
Yuen Long Park               24.4 C               31.2 C
Tai Mei Tuk               23.0 C               29.2 C

Duration of sunshine (King's Park):              10.7 H
The mean UV index recorded at King's Park yesterday was 4,
the UV intensity was Moderate.
The maximum UV index for yesterday was 9.
Sea surface temperature (Waglan Island):        28.8 C 

Yesterday's (13 Oct 2017) average ambient gamma radiation
dose rate taken outdoors in Hong Kong ranged from 0.08 to
0.15 microsievert per hour.  These are within the normal
range of fluctuation of the background radiation level in
Hong Kong (see Note). The average dose rates measured at the
radiation monitoring stations over various parts of the
territory were as follows :

Station                     Yesterday's average
                            (microsievert/hour)
Ping Chau                           0.08
Tap Mun                             0.09
Kat O                               0.09
Yuen Ng Fan                         0.12
Tai Mei Tuk                         0.12
Sha Tau Kok                         0.10
Kwun Tong                           0.11
Sai Wan Ho                          0.09
King's Park                         0.15
Tsim Bei Tsui                       0.13
Cape D'Aguilar                      0.13
Chek Lap Kok                        0.14

Note

      

    1. From readings taken at various locations in Hong Kong during
the period 1987-2016, the background ambient gamma radiation
levels may vary between 0.06 and 0.30 microsievert per hour.

    2. The extent of health effects to a person as a result of
exposure to radiation is expressed by a physical quantity
called equivalent dose, in unit of sievert.  Protective
action may be required if there is an increase in the
ambient gamma dose rate above background such that the total
additional dose is expected to exceed 5000 microsieverts in
a relatively short period of time. For example, a dose of
5000 microsieverts may be reached when the ambient gamma
dose rate is 1000 microsieverts per hour (several thousand
times above background) and lasts for 5 hours.

    3. The readings of ambient gamma radiation level from
instrument are expressed in unit of gray, which is
numerically equal to the gamma dose expressed in sievert.
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