MyObservatory (My Observatory)

By Hong Kong Observatory

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The “MyObservatory” is a highly well-liked climate cellular app providing personalized weather providers. The app offers current weather including temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, wind direction and speed, as nicely as weather photograph collected from nearby climate stations at user's location, specified location, or selected climate stations. Weather pictures and rainfall data shall be up to date at 5-minute and 15-minute intervals respectively. Other knowledge shall be updated in 10-minute interval and the replace time will be displayed at the bottom of the entrance web page.

Points to note:

1. In the My Location Settings, users can opt for using the automatic location service offered by the smartphone, or designating My Location on the map themselves. This location will be displayed on the primary page and in My Weather Report. If your location cannot be found, My Location will present the last location which was successfully found or Hong Kong Observatory. The meteorological knowledge displayed on My Location or the station you added is supplied by meteorological stations close by, and isn't necessarily from a station in the same area. In case meteorological knowledge just isn't available from nearby stations, data from other meteorological stations at headquarter of the Observatory, King's Park, and Star Ferry will be used instead. If that is the case, the image ▲ will appear to the left of the updated time.

2. The notification service of the cellular app together with weather warnings, Location Specific Heavy Rain Information, Location-based Rain and Lightning Forecast, etc. is offered utilizing the Google Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM). The Observatory can not assure the successful or well timed reception of push notifications via the cellular app. Users shouldn't rely on the cell app as the only means for reception of essential weather data. Depending on elements similar to community utilization and quality of connection of user's cell phone, it might take 5 to twenty minutes or even longer for the app to receive the notification after it is issued by the Hong Kong Observatory.

3. Although the “MyObservatory” is a free app, consumer will be charged by their cellular community service provider on the usage of knowledge service. These expenses can turn out to be very costly on roaming. Please make positive that the choice of “Data Roaming” have been disabled within the settings of your cell units.

4. Owing to the distinction in topography and altitude between the climate station and consumer's location, and also the error within the estimated place given by the cell gadget, users should observe that weather information displayed on the app could also be totally different from precise conditions in utilizing the MyObservatory.

5. The clock on the main web page of the app is synchronized automatically to the Observatory's Internet Time Server, and will not be the identical as the time displayed on the smartphone.

6. Use of Location-based Rain and Lightning Forecast notification, and Location-specific Heavy Rain notification will improve the battery usage and knowledge obtain slightly. Users who want to save battery utilization of the app may enable the notification perform in wet days and before outdoor actions, and disable the function in sunny days and after ending the out of doors actions.

7. To permit person to get hold to essential climate data similar to climate warning, Special Weather Tips, location-based rain and lightning forecast, etc., the “MyObservatory” would routinely notify customers the above data according to user’s settings.

8. The app offers link for customers to browse the Observatory's Facebook Page. Users might select to log in his/her own Facebook account. More options of Facebook can be utilized after logging in. Please be reminded to pay attention to the notes of the Facebook Page, and the privateness insurance policies of the Facebook platform.

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