If so, are HKO’s Twitter handles “verified”? 🤔 #hkweather
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RT @VERGE
Twitter says its API is still free for verified "public utility" services like weather and traffic alerts https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/2/23708739/twitter-transportation-emergency-alerts-api-free?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter https://t.co/JXu2KMRUpp
https://twitter.com/verge/status/1653509366882992130

#HKWEATHER We will learn later this week, maybe as late as Sunday (by which the storms should arrive) whether automatic tweets from @ObservatoryHK like this one are indeed back to normal.

In the meantime, you should follow the restored Chinese-languge tweets from @HKObservatory.
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RT @ObservatoryHK
[HKO's News]: Penumbral lunar eclipse in Hong Kong on May 5 https://url.hko.hk/W3bkLh1e
https://twitter.com/ObservatoryHK/status/1653201776752074753

Oi - looks handy for HK, too, I reckon...

#hkweather @willhayward_nz @tripperhead
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RT @WeatherWatchNZ
😆Introducing: #WeatherBINGO!

To be used exclusively in #NewZealand, in conjunction with news media.

📝#Rules: Match 5 boxes in a line to weather news stories in mainstream media until you win!

🏆#Prize: A sense of inner calm (or whatever you choose to reward yourself with)😂
https://twitter.com/WeatherWatchNZ/status/1652900784722558976

{#HKWEATHER ON TWITTER}

It appears that HKO’s Chinese language handle @HKObservatory has restored automatic warnings — but not its English language handle @ObservatoryHK.

(So, those relying only on @ObservatoryHK didn’t get direct notice of a shallow shake off HK this morning.)
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RT @HKObservatory
地震: 2023-05-01 05:47HKT 4.9級 [北緯20.90,東經114.40] 南中國海 http://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=20.90&mlon=114.40 香港有感。
https://twitter.com/HKObservatory/status/1652798239987621888

{#HKWEATHER BY #HKAARONOBUSCHVATORY}
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RT @tripperhead
🇭🇰🌧️🟨

Amber Rainstorm Warning issued at 4.15pm
https://twitter.com/tripperhead/status/1650415552165462017

{#HKWEATHER} As if by design, the storms which had cleared out in time for the past weekend are returning this afternooon…

📷HKO radar, 1448

{#HKWEATHER} 📷Hail also seen (and captured on camera) this morning by Gary Tsang in North District (Fanling, it appears) at around 3:05am.

Source: MET WARN 天氣預警/FB
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=666130482190924&set=a.493622812775026&type=3&mibextid=cr9u03

{#HKWEATHER} 📹 The tinniest indication of hail observed at Kam Tin at 2:53am this morning during the passing overnight storms.

Video by Toby Wong, as shared by HK Weather Underground/FB: https://fb.watch/k1BQAW7daX/?mibextid=v7YzmG

{#HKWEATHER} 🚨 HKO’s @ObservatoryHK AND @ObservatoryHK HANDLES HAVE NOT BEEN ACTIVE SO FAR TODAY. THEY HAVE FAILED TO TWEET THE FOLLOWING:

🚨0945 THUNDERSTORM WARNING
🚨1015 AMBER RAINSTORM WARNING

cc @tripperhead @kjoules

{#HKWEATHER} Any rain in your area? We got a tad in Yuen Long right now.

📷HKO

{#HKWEATHER} Note that the weather will turn from late tomorrow with storms forecast from Wednesday to Friday, but will ease to rain on Saturday & possible sunny periods on Sunday for the COO & HK Trail Championships.

@HKObservatory explainer (Chi): https://www.hko.gov.hk/tc/%E5%A4%A9%E6%B0%A3%E9%9A%A8%E7%AD%86/108002/%E4%BD%8E%E5%A3%93%E6%A7%BD%E9%9D%A0%E8%BF%91%EF%BC%8C%E5%A4%96%E5%87%BA%E6%B6%88%E8%B2%BB%E8%A6%81%E7%95%99%E7%A5%9E

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{#HKWEATHER}
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RT @tripperhead
🇭🇰🥵

@ObservatoryHK recorded a maximum temperature of 30.8°C today at their official recording station in TST.

The mercury hit 34.6° in Sheung Shui.

It was the first time this year the temperature rose over 30°.
https://twitter.com/tripperhead/status/1647544774038269952

Not just past midnight. Well past midnight...

#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70

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RT @ObservatoryHK
11:45PM: Thunderstorm Warning extended until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow
https://www.hko.gov.hk/eg
https://twitter.com/ObservatoryHK/status/1639655138502807552

Meanwhile, the thunderstorm warning will continue on until past midnight.

#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70

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RT @ObservatoryHK
9:30PM: Thunderstorm Warning extended until 12:15 a.m. tomorrow
https://www.hko.gov.hk/eg
https://twitter.com/ObservatoryHK/status/1639621165940629504

Just a bit of flooding on the roads outside Kwai Chung Container Terminal 3 earlier today, at around 1:30pm…

📷as shared on social media
#HKWEATHER

More passing heavy rain and a few storms about to pass over all of Lantau very shortly.

📷HKO radar, 2000/2006
#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70

Images: HKO radar, 1924

https://twitter.com/ObservatoryHK/status/1639589710636158977

#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70
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RT @ObservatoryHK
7:25PM: Thunderstorm Warning extended until 10:00 p.m. today
https://www.hko.gov.hk/eg https://t.co/SQBZEYiFxG
https://twitter.com/ObservatoryHK/status/1639589710636158977

📷HKO radar, 1800

#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70

It did happen earlier today…

#HKWEATHER
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RT @esselin62
@tripperhead @ObservatoryHK Hail started in Sai Wan Ho
https://twitter.com/esselin62/status/1639523987364655105

#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70
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RT @ObservatoryHK
3:20PM: Amber Rainstorm Warning Signal cancelled
https://www.hko.gov.hk/ec
https://twitter.com/ObservatoryHK/status/1639527796828676096