Whereas, the most intense storms did pass over parts of the #COROS100 course.

One might frame both approaches as "proportionate" rather than "contrasting".

Holding runners at CPs/shelters while storms pass over is an approach used sometimes overseas, but rarely in HK.

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I sense that today's contrasting approaches by different trailrunning race directors at #COROS100 & #LANTAU70 will generate a debate pitching over-safety-cautious locals vs laid-back gweilos. Along similar lines of thought on outdoor mask-wearing post-reopening. Watch this space.

#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70 #COROS100

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RT @ObservatoryHK
[Gust Forecast] 1:30PM: Pls take precautions. Violent gusts reaching 90 km/h or above may affect HK.
http://www.hko.gov.hk/eg
https://twitter.com/ObservatoryHK/status/1639500381981118465

#COROS100 leaderboards (solo male, solo female, pairs overall, fours overall) with the race now stopped:

#COROS100 RACE STOPPED AT 1220. REPEAT, COROS100 RACE STOPPED. RUNNERS ASKED TO SEEK SHELTER ASAP.

#HKWEATHER

HKO, 1230: “Severe squally thunderstorms are expected to occur over Hong Kong. Violent gusts reaching 90 kilometres per hour or above may affect Hong Kong.”

#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70 #COROS100
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RT @ObservatoryHK
12:30PM: Update Thunderstorm Warning
https://www.hko.gov.hk/eg
https://twitter.com/ObservatoryHK/status/1639485267500503040

Now it’s getting really real.

#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70 #COROS100
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RT @ObservatoryHK
[Hail Report] 12:30PM: Pls take precautions. Hail may affect HK shortly.
http://www.hko.gov.hk/eg
https://twitter.com/ObservatoryHK/status/1639485013929652225

First rainstorm warning for 2023.

#AMBERRAIN #HKWEATHER #LANTAU70 #COROS100
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RT @ObservatoryHK
12:20PM: Amber Rainstorm Warning Signal issued
https://www.hko.gov.hk/ec
https://twitter.com/ObservatoryHK/status/1639482499993833472

I heard thunder in the distance in Fanling at about 1213. This HKO radar, taken just before that, would appear to corroborate it.

📷HKO radar, 1212

#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70 #COROS100

#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70 #COROS100

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RT @ObservatoryHK
[HEAVY RAIN FORECAST] 12:00PM: Widespread heavy rain may affect Hong Kong shortly. Please be alert.
https://twitter.com/ObservatoryHK/status/1639477715156996096

By “around Tai O”, does HKO actually mean “Ngong Ping”??? There is a difference between the two.

📷HKO max gusts, 1140

#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70 #COROS100

💨 HKO, 1150: “Intense gusts of around 70 kilometres per hour were recorded at Tai O at around 11:40 a.m.”

{#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70 #COROS100}
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RT @ObservatoryHK
11:50AM: Update Thunderstorm Warning
https://www.hko.gov.hk/eg
https://twitter.com/ObservatoryHK/status/1639475201888129027

Here we go.

{#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70 #COROS100}
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RT @ObservatoryHK
11:35AM: Thunderstorm Warning issued and valid until 2:00 p.m. today
https://www.hko.gov.hk/eg
https://twitter.com/ObservatoryHK/status/1639471426330845184

{#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70 #COROS100}

It looks increasingly likely that runners may be stopped as early as 12 noon, but this is ultimately the decision of each race organiser. Stand by.

📷HKO radar at 1112

{#COROS100 2023}
📍Live Leaderboard: https://results.racetimingsolutions.com/live.aspx?CId=16387&RId=6419&EId=1

{#LANTAU70 2023}
📍Live Leaderboard: https://www.racematix.com/site/#results:rac/Lantau70-solo-2023
📍Live GPS (selected individual runners): https://live.asiatrailmaster.com/2023lantau70/

Both #COROS100 and #Lantau70 have started this morning under fair skies — but… it looks like a matter of “how far can they go” before it turns… those forecast storms are indeed coming…

📹HKO radar
#HKWEATHER

#COROS100 LATEST: Race organiser has announced that a final decision as to whether tomorrow’s race will go ahead, or otherwise, will be made at 5am tomorrow (Saturday).

https://instagram.com/coros100?igshid=ZjE2NGZiNDQ=

https://www.facebook.com/COROS100?mibextid=LQQJ4d

#hk #trailrunning #hkweather

{#HKWEATHER} HKO’s blog-outlook on Wednesday forecasts rainfall and thunderstorms to start affecting HK from Friday, with a “high probability of significant rainfall on Saturday”.

#Coros100 and #Lantau70 participants, take note.
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RT @b3108
{#HKWEATHER}

HKO: “星期三, 2023年3月22日

🌧️ 預料一道低壓槽會在本週後期移向華南沿岸，廣東地區天氣漸趨不穩定。

🌧️ 本港星期六（3月25日）「顯著降雨概率」為「高」。

🌧️ 下週初氣溫稍為下降，仍然有雨。

1/ https://twitter.com/hkobservatory/status/1638712682126934017
https://twitter.com/b3108/status/1638762743800168451