Sunday, October 5, 2008

New weather signals

There are three new weather signals we learnt today.

STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL
The Strong Monsoon Signal remains in force.
Strong winds with mean speed exceeding
40 kilometres per hour are expected from the south.
Gusts will occasionally reach 100
kilometres per hour.
AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL
The Rainstorm Warning Signal is now Amber.
This means that heavy rain has fallen
or is expected to fall generally over Hong Kong,
exceeding 30 millimetres in an hour,
and is likely to continue.

THUNDERSTORM WARNING
THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
AT 5:00 P.M. ON 5 OCT 2008
HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 9:00 P.M. TODAY.
A FEW SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.

GUSTS EXCEEDING 80 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR WERE RECORDED AT TAI O
AT AROUND 6:30 P.M.

GUSTS REACHING 100 KILOMETRES PER
HOUR OR ABOVE MAY CONTINUE
TO AFFECT HONG KONG.

No comments: