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Bulletin issued at 06:02 HKT 23/Aug/2016

At 6 a.m. at the Hong Kong Observatory the air temperature was 27 degrees Celsius and the relative humidity 88 per cent.

Please be reminded that:

The Very Hot Weather Warning is now in force. Very hot weather might cause adverse health effects. Members of the public should take care to avoid heatstroke.

The air temperatures at other places were:

King's Park 26 degrees;
Wong Chuk Hang 25 degrees;
Ta Kwu Ling 25 degrees;
Lau Fau Shan 26 degrees;
Tai Po 25 degrees;
Sha Tin 25 degrees;
Tuen Mun 25 degrees;
Tseung Kwan O 25 degrees;
Sai Kung 26 degrees;
Cheung Chau 26 degrees;
Chek Lap Kok 27 degrees;
Tsing Yi 26 degrees;
Shek Kong // degrees;
Tsuen Wan Ho Koon 24 degrees;
Tsuen Wan Shing Mun Valley 24 degrees;
Hong Kong Park 26 degrees;
Shau Kei Wan // degrees;
Kowloon City 27 degrees;
Happy Valley 26 degrees;
Wong Tai Sin 25 degrees;
Stanley 26 degrees;
Kwun Tong 27 degrees;
Sham Shui Po 27 degrees;
Kai Tak Runway Park 27 degrees;
Yuen Long Park 25 degrees.


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


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Bulletin updated at 05:45 HKT 23/Aug/2016

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

The upper-air anticyclone is bringing generally fine weather to the coast of Guangdong.

At 5 a.m., Severe Tropical Storm Lionrock was centred about 680 kilometres east-northeast of Okinawa. It is forecast to move south slowly, lingering over the seas east of the Ryukyu Islands.

Weather forecast for today

Mainly fine. Very hot with some haze during the day. The maximum temperature will be around 33 degrees in the urban areas, and a couple of degrees higher in the New Territories. Light winds.

Outlook : Mainly fine and very hot in the next couple of days. A few showers in the latter part of this week.


(The above forecast period is valid up to 23:59 HKT today, 23/08/2016; Regular update at : around 45 minutes past each hour, 16:15 HKT and 23:15 HKT)

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Bulletin issued at 21:00 HKT 22/Aug/2016

N0 WARNING.

GENERAL SITUATION AT 220900 UTC:
AN EASTERLY AIRSTREAM IS GENERALLY AFFECTING THE FORECAST AREAS.

MARINE FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 221300 UTC:

HONG KONG= E 3-4. DOWN TO 4000 M IN SOME HAZE LATER. TEMP 28-33 C. =
KWANGTUNG= E 4. ISOL SHOWERS. =
TAIWAN STRAIT= E TO NE 4-5. ISOL SHOWERS. SEA UP TO 2 M. =
BASHI= E TO NE 4-5. ISOL SHOWERS. SEA UP TO 2 M. =
PRATAS= E TO NE 4. ISOL SHOWERS. =
BALINTANG= E TO NE 4-5. ISOL SHOWERS. SEA UP TO 2 M. =
SCARBOROUGH= NE 4-5. DOWN TO 2000 M IN SCT SQUALLY SHOWERS AND TS. SEA UP TO 2 M. =
PARACEL= E TO NE 4-5. ISOL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY TS. SEA UP TO 2 M. =
TONKIN= E TO NE 4-5. ISOL SHOWERS AND TS. SEA UP TO 2 M. =
DANANG= E TO NE 4-5. ISOL SHOWERS AND SQUALLY TS. SEA UP TO 2 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 05:30 HKT 23/Aug/2016

    Weather information for south China coastal waters issued by the Hong Kong Observatory at 5:30 a.m. on 23 August 2016

    Weather Situation:
    An easterly airstream is prevailing over the south China coastal waters.

    Area forecasts for the next 24 hours

    Hong Kong Adjacent Waters:
    East force 3 to 4.
    Some haze during the day.
    Slight to moderate seas.

    Nan'ao, Shanwei, South of Hong Kong and Shangchuan Dao:
    East force 4.
    Moderate seas.

    Outlook for the next 48 hours
    Easterly winds of force 4, becoming west to southwesterly winds of force 4 to 5 later. Isolated squally showers and thunderstorms.

    Latest reports from south China coastal weather stations
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    Waglan Island Wind north-northeast force 2
      Visibility 10 Kilometres

    Shantou Wind south force 1
      Visibility 5000 Metres in mist

    Dongsha Wind east force 2
      Visibility 10 Kilometres

    Huangmaozhou Wind north-northeast force 2

    Macau Wind east force 1
      Visibility 11 Kilometres

    Xisha Wind east force 2
      Visibility 30 Kilometres

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    Bulletin issued at 01:30 HKT 23/AUG/2016
    (Next update at 9:00-9:30 HKT 23/AUG/2016)
    I.   SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WITHIN 100 KILOMETER RADIUS OF H.K :
     NIL.
II.  SYNOPSIS OF THE WEATHER SITUATION :
     AN EASTERLY AIRSTREAM IS PREVAILING OVER THE
     SOUTH CHINA COASTAL AREAS.
III. FORECAST FOR 100-KILOMETER RADIUS AROUND HONG KONG
     FROM 0200 TO 1200 HKT:
             WIND                           TEMPERATURE (DEG. C)
   A.   SURFACE:  100/5-10                             27-33
   B.   2000 FT:  120/10                               23
   C.   5000 FT:  090/5-10                             19
   D.  10000 FT:  080/10                               11
   E.  18000 FT:  100/20                               MS1
   F.  24000 FT:  080/20                               MS13
   G.  30000 FT:  130/15                               MS26
   H. INVERSION LEVEL(S) (ONLY WHEN BELOW 5000 FEET) : 
      NIL.
   I. WEATHER       : 
      MAINLY FINE.
   J. CLOUD (HEIGHT ABOVE MSL) : 
      FEW 1500 FT.
   K. VISIBILITY    : 10 KM.
   L. 0 DEG. C LEVEL: 19000 FT      10 DEG. C LEVEL(S) : 12600 FT
   M. TURBULENCE    : NIL.
   N. SEA STATE     : 1.0-1.5 M     SEA TEMPERATURE    : 27 DEG
IV.  FURTHER OUTLOOK: 
     LIGHT WINDS. MAINLY FINE. LOCALISED HAZE.=

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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 18:57 HKT on 21 Aug 16

    VHHK SIGMET 3 VALID 211100/211500 VHHH- VHHK HONG KONG FIR EMBD TS FCST WI N1830 E11530 - N1800 E11248 - N1930 E11130 - N2124 E11130 - N2200 E11300 - N1830 E11530 TOP FL400 MOV SW 05KT WKN=

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    Bulletin issued at 21:30 HKT 19/Aug/2016


    Tropical Cyclone Warning

    At 191200 UTC, Tropical Storm Dianmu (1608) with central pressure 988 hectopascals was centred within 60 nautical miles of two zero point eight degrees north (20.8 N) one zero five point four degrees east (105.4 E) and is forecast to weaken and move west at about 14 knots for the next 24 hours.

    Maximum winds near the centre are estimated to be 35 knots.

    Radius of over 33 knot winds 60 nautical miles over eastern semicircle, 30 nautical miles elsewhere.
    Radius of over 2 metre waves 150 nautical miles.

    No further warnings on this Tropical Storm will be issued by the Hong Kong Observatory unless re-intensification takes place.

    Forecast position and intensity at 201200 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 23/Aug/2016 
    HKO Readings & Radiation Level

Yesterday's Weather and Radiation Level:
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Hong Kong Observatory
Maximum Air Temperature                     33.0 C
Minimum Air Temperature                     27.3 C
Grass Minimum Temperature                   26.5 C
Relative Humidity                        65 - 91 Percent
Rainfall                                       0 mm 
Total rainfall since 1st January          1929.0 mm
Against an average of                     1800.0 mm

Other Stations                Min                  Max
King's Park                  26.4 C               31.8 C
Wong Chuk Hang               26.0 C               32.5 C
Ta Kwu Ling                  25.4 C               33.5 C
Lau Fau Shan                 25.4 C               33.8 C
Tai Po                       26.0 C               32.2 C
Sha Tin                      25.9 C               32.6 C
Tuen Mun                     25.4 C               31.8 C
Tseung Kwan O                25.3 C               32.3 C
Sai Kung                     26.2 C               31.5 C
Cheung Chau                  25.7 C               30.0 C
Chek Lap Kok                 27.2 C               34.4 C
Tsing Yi                     25.5 C               34.0 C
Tsuen Wan Ho Koon            24.6 C               31.9 C
Tsuen Wan Shing Mun Valley   25.0 C               33.1 C
Hong Kong Park               26.2 C               31.7 C
Kowloon City                 26.5 C               32.7 C
Happy Valley                 26.3 C               33.9 C
Wong Tai Sin                 26.2 C               33.0 C
Stanley                      27.0 C               31.8 C
Kwun Tong                    27.1 C               32.1 C
Sham Shui Po                 26.7 C               33.0 C
Kai Tak Runway Park          26.9 C               31.0 C
Yuen Long Park               25.0 C               33.5 C

Duration of sunshine (King's Park):              10.0 H
The mean UV index recorded at King's Park yesterday was 5,
the UV intensity was Moderate.
The maximum UV index for yesterday was 11.
Sea surface temperature (Waglan Island):        27.3 C 

Yesterday's (22 Aug 2016) average ambient gamma radiation
dose rate taken outdoors in Hong Kong ranged from 0.08 to
0.14 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                         0.11
Tai Mei Tuk                         0.12
Sha Tau Kok                         0.10
Kwun Tong                           0.12
Sai Wan Ho                          0.09
King's Park                         0.14
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 1987-2015, 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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