"Hong Kong Community Weather Information Network" Enhancing Weather Information

23 March 2009

More automatic weather stations have been added in the "Hong Kong Community Weather Information Network" (HK Co-WIN). Three new automatic weather stations have been installed at SKH Kei Fook Primary School in Cheung Sha Wan, at The Hong Kong Taoist Association Ching Chung Secondary School in Kwun Tong and at China Holiness Church Living Spirit College in Tai Po respectively. The weather data are now also available at the HK Co-WIN website (see attached Figure). (The website has also been linked to the Observatory's homepage at http://www.weather.gov.hk/contente.htm.)

The HK Co-WIN is a collaborative effort of the Hong Kong Observatory, the Department of Applied Physics of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Hong Kong Joint-school Meteorological Association. The aim is to gather weather information collected by weather stations in schools and organizations, and make it available on the Internet for use by the public after carrying out appropriate data quality assurance. At present, there are altogether 55 members in HK Co-WIN and more than 20 members provide real-time weather information at HK Co-WIN website.

All schools and organizations are welcome to join the network. For enquiries, please contact:

Mr. TSE Wai Ming
Senior Experimental Officer
Hong Kong Observatory
Telephone: (852) 2926 8346
Email: wmtse@hko.gov.hk

Locations of the automatic weather stations at SKH Kei Fook Primary School, The Hong Kong Taoist Association Ching Chung Secondary School and China Holiness Church Living Spirit College (in red circles)