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[Statistics of the Observatory's rainfall, lightning and thunderstorms/the most rain in the border area/thunderstorm] 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 district has the most lightning


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2020-09-30 15:37

Last update date: 2020-09-30 15:38

[Statistics of the Observatory's rainfall, lightning and thunderstorms/the most rain in the border area/thunderstorm] 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 September 30] The weather in Hong Kong has deteriorated again today. It rained suddenly in many districts in the afternoon. "Hong Kong 01" checked the rainfall data of Hong Kong from the Observatory data. Which district of the 18 districts had the highest rain?

Rainfall distribution in each district▼▼▼

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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 extremely hot days, which is truly amazing!

23 weather records broken in 2020▼▼▼

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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?

[Updated on September 28] The weather in Hong Kong has deteriorated again today. The Observatory issued a yellow rainstorm warning signal at 6:10 pm and the thunderstorm warning is also in effect.

"Hong Kong 01" checked the rainfall data in Hong Kong from the Observatory's data. Which of the 18 districts has the heaviest rain?

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[Update on September 21] The observatory issued a yellow rainstorm warning signal at 2:30 pm, and a red rainstorm warning signal was issued at 6 pm, and the thunderstorm warning was also in effect.

"Hong Kong 01" checked the rainfall and lightning data in Hong Kong from the Observatory's data. Which of the 18 districts has the heaviest rain?

Which district has the most lightning and thunderstorms?

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The Observatory also issued a report of heavy rain in some areas, stating that the rain in Sham Shui Po was particularly heavy. About 70 millimetres of rainfall was recorded in the past hour at 2:45 pm, and serious flooding may occur.

[September 15] The observatory issued a yellow rainstorm warning signal at 12:10 noon, and the thunderstorm warning was also in effect.

"Hong Kong 01" checked the rainfall and lightning data in Hong Kong from the Observatory's data. Which of the 18 districts has the heaviest rain?

Which district has the most lightning and thunderstorms?

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[September 8] Remember to bring an umbrella when you go out. The observatory said that a trough of low pressure is bringing thunderstorms to the coast of Guangdong. This morning (September 8) during the peak hours of work and going out, the observatory had to send out yellow rain. Heavy rains continue, and thunderstorm warnings are in effect.

"Hong Kong 01" can see from the Observatory's data that more than 30 mm of rainfall has been recorded in many areas in the past few hours. One area is particularly severe. Which of the 18 areas has the heaviest rain?

The following data chart can detect one or two.

Rainfall ranking in 18 districts!

Can't estimate the biggest rain in this area▼▼▼

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In addition to showers, thunderstorms were also relatively severe today. According to the data from the Observatory, Hong Kong has recorded 5,296 lightning flashes, including 3887 cloud-to-cloud lightning and 1,409 cloud-to-ground lightning, from the data of the Observatory. It is also the most in the past 4 days (September 5 to September 8). Once cloud-to-ground lightning occurs, there is a chance to strike people or animals on the ground. There is a certain danger. Need to be careful!

Which district has the most lightning times on September 8, see the following pictures▼▼▼

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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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