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2021-06-06 13:49
The last update date: 2021-06-06 13:49
The sky is gray and the air quality is suffocating.
At noon today (6th), the air quality health index of all general and roadside air monitoring stations has reached "high" to "very high" levels.
The Environmental Protection Agency said that the mild to moderate northerly winds would not be harmful to the spread of pollutants. It is expected that the air quality health index in the afternoon will explode to a "serious" level, and a wide trough of low pressure will bring unstable weather in the next few days. The Environmental Protection Agency predicts By then, the air quality in Hong Kong will improve.
The Observatory predicts that there will be rain for 9 consecutive days starting this week.
On the Dragon Boat Festival next Monday (14th), there will be only a short period of sunshine, and there will be thunderstorms in some areas.
The breeze is not conducive to the spread of pollutants, and all monitoring stations of the Environmental Protection Department have recorded "high" to "very high" health risk levels.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, due to a high-pollution background airflow, higher than normal air pollution levels have been recorded since yesterday (5th).
At one o'clock in the afternoon, all monitoring stations of the Environmental Protection Department recorded "high" to "very high" health risk levels, with levels ranging from 8 to 9.
At 1 noon, the air quality health index in many areas reached very high levels.
(Screenshot of EPA)
According to the Environmental Protection Department, the weather is mainly fine and breezy today and tomorrow.
The breeze is not good for the diffusion of pollutants. The sunlight in the daytime is beneficial to the phenomenon of photochemical smog, which makes ozone and fine suspended particles form rapidly in the Pearl River Delta region. Higher ozone levels will also accelerate the formation of nitrogen dioxide, which is expected in the afternoon. Explosion standard to "serious" level.
There will be showers tomorrow, EPA expects air quality will improve
The Observatory predicts that it will rain in the next nine days, but the Environmental Protection Department expects that the air quality in Hong Kong will improve by then.
According to the Observatory’s forecast, a broad trough of low pressure will bring unstable weather for the next nine days. There will be showers from tomorrow, and there will be thunderstorms in some areas on the Dragon Boat Festival next Monday, and the temperature will remain at 27 to 32. It’s very hot.
However, the Environmental Protection Department expects that the air quality in Hong Kong will improve by then.
Children, the elderly, and patients with heart or respiratory diseases should try to avoid physical exertion and outdoor activities
The Environmental Protection Agency reminds that when the health risk level reaches a very high or severe level, children, the elderly, and patients with heart or respiratory diseases should minimize or avoid physical exertion and outdoor activities.
Generally, the city should reduce or minimize outdoor physical exertion, and reduce the time spent outdoors, especially in places with heavy traffic.
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