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Written by: Li Jifei
2020-10-05 11:21
Last update date: 2020-10-05 11:22
[Statistics of the Observatory's rainfall, lightning and thunderstorms/the most rain in the border area/thunderstrike/red rainstorm warning signal/yellow rainstorm warning signal] The weather in Hong Kong has deteriorated today, with sudden heavy rain in many areas.
"Hong Kong 01" checked the Observatory's data. Which district has the heaviest rain?
Which area has the most lightning strikes?
Let's take a look at the lightning storm before Hong Kong▼▼▼
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[Updated on October 5] The weather turned bad on the first working and school days after the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays. The observatory issued a red rainstorm at 8:05 this morning, indicating that there are heavy rains in many areas of Hong Kong and lightning and thunderstorms in many areas.
"Hong Kong 01" checked the Hong Kong rainfall data from the Observatory's data. Which of the 18 districts has the heaviest rain?
Rainfall distribution in each district (arranged from least to most)▼▼▼
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Lightning distribution in each district (arranged from least to most)
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At present, all rainstorm warning signals have been cancelled, but the Observatory reminded that the public must still be aware of the possible dangers caused by river flooding.
Lightning protection and self-protection method teaching
In addition to flashing thunder, lightning strikes and lightning strikes can cause fatal injuries to the human body, including damage to nerves and heart, current and voltage high temperature burns; although some people are not affected by lightning, they may have appeared. Skull fractures and visceral injuries should never be ignored, but more attention must be paid!
So whenever there is lightning or thunderstorm, everyone must take the following measures. It turns out that even the phone and umbrella may not be available!
9 tips for preventing lightning and thunderstorms▼▼▼
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In the same scene: the weather in 2020 to engage in border science?
23 records have been broken in the first 8 months
The number of hot days this year is particularly high.
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[Observatory / Record-breaking weather / Global warming / Abnormal weather] 2020 is definitely an extraordinary year. In addition to the raging COVID-19 novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, the weather has also changed!
"Hong Kong 01" checked the Observatory's data and found that in just 8 months so far this year, it has broken at least 23 weather records, including the number of very hot days, which is truly amazing!
23 weather records broken in 2020▼▼▼
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More weather details and data can be seen: What is the
weather in 2020?
23 records have been broken in the first 8 months
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A must-have weather app for going out, instant notification of rain and lightning
This App is the “MyObservatory” app commonly used by Hong Kong people. The app provides a “fixed-point rainfall forecast” service, which can provide rainfall forecasts for the next 2 hours, mainly based on weather radar data, automatically calculated by a computer, and The user will be notified immediately.
How to use the Observatory App "Spot Rain Forecast"▼▼▼
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According to the Observatory’s forecast verification, the accuracy of the first half-hour rainfall forecast is about 75%.
With the mobile phone location service, you can notify the user if it will rain in or nearby areas anytime and anywhere.
Know where the lightning is instantly
"My Observatory" can also check the location of lightning to prevent "lightning strikes."
How to use the lightning location function of the Observatory App▼▼▼
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More functions can be seen:
two must-have weather apps
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instant notification of rain and lightning location!
When does red rain and black rain occur?
Know more: Cloud-to-ground lightning occurred 14,599 times on September 9, 2010, which is the largest number of single-day occurrences in the Observatory's records, which is amazing; the second is this year (2020) on June 6th, with 14,054 single-day occurrences. .
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