German Swiss International School joins the "Hong Kong Community Weather Information Network"

2 April 2009

The "Hong Kong Community Weather Information Network" (HK Co-WIN) continues to enhance its weather information. One more automatic weather station on Hong Kong Island has been added in the Network. The German Swiss International School at Central and Western District of Hong Kong Island has recently installed an automatic weather station. The weather data is now 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 about 30 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

Location of the automatic weather station at German Swiss International School (in red circle)