Weather Underground of Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港地下天文å°, pinyin: xiÄnggÇŽng dìxià tiÄnwéntái, referred to below as Weather Underground) is a non-profit website organized by weather enthusiasts and experts, established in 1995 and directed by Mr. Fong Chi Kong (in English, Clarence).
The website provides a wide range of information related to weather and climate. Air temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, rain and wind chill can be found on the site. Radar and satellite views are also included in order to provide more comprehensive weather data to users. Information about local weather comes mainly from the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO), which collects data from foreign weather organizations, for example, satellite data originate from the Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan.
Weather Underground also established a forum, weather forecasting competition, blog and Facebook page to provide a platform for weather enthusiasts around the globe. Since the establishment of the website, it has attracted over 100 million views worldwide, becoming the most popular weather-related website beside Hong Kong Observatory.
Weather Underground is established in 1995 by Mr. Fong Chi Kong, Clarence, in order to provide a communication platform for weather enthusiasts and experts to interact with each other. It is the first non-profit weather website in Hong Kong and it then subsequently becomes a community. It aims to provide wider perspectives of weather information, also introduces the latest technologies and encourages the official authority, Hong Kong Observatory, to update its technology as to provide better services to Hongkongers.
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