TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2002

Table 4.7

A SUMMARY OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS RECORDED IN HONG KONG DURING THE PASSAGES OF TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2002

Name of tropical cyclone	Nearest approach to Hong Kong
Name of tropical cyclone	Month	Date	Hour*	Direction	Distance (km)	Movement (km/h)		Estimated minimum central pressure (hPa)
S.T.S. Kammuri	8	4	23	ESE	130	NNE	10	980
S.T.S. Vongfong	8	19	20	WSW	390	NNW	30	980
S.T.S. Hagupit	9	11	15	SSW	150	WNW	15	980

Name of tropical cyclone	Minimum M.S.L. pressure (hPa) at the Hong Kong Observatory				Maximum storm surge (metres)
	Month	Date	Hour*	Inst. Hourly	Quarry Bay	Shek Pik	Tai Po Kau	Tsim Bei Tsui	Waglan Island
S.T.S. Kammuri	8	4	16:50 17:37	990.1	0.45	0.49	0.39	0.22	0.53
	8	4	17:00	990.3
S.T.S. Vongfong	8	18	16:04 16:06 16:07	1000.9	0.43	0.48	0.44	0.34	0.41
8	17 18	17:00 16:00	1001.1
S.T.S. Hagupit	9	11	05:14	1001.0	0.72	0.96	0.71	0.69	0.64
	9	11	05:00 06:00	1001.6

Name of tropical cyclone	Month	Maximum 60-min mean wind in points and km/h	Maximum 10-min mean wind in points and km/h
King's Park	Chek Lap Kok (Airport)	Waglan Island	King's Park	Chek Lap Kok (Airport)	Waglan Island
S.T.S. Kammuri	8	N	25	NNE	34	NNE	65	N	31	NNE	40	NNE	67
S.T.S. Vongfong	8	E	25	SE	45	E	58	E	31	SE	49	E	63
S.T.S. Hagupit	9	E	38	E	56	E	81	ESE	45	E	59	E	83

Name of
tropical
cyclone

Month

Maximum 60-min mean
wind in points and km/h

Maximum 10-min mean
wind in points and km/h

King's
Park

Chek Lap Kok
(Airport)

Waglan
Island

King's
Park

Chek Lap Kok
(Airport)

Waglan
Island

S.T.S.
Kammuri

NNE

S.T.S.
Vongfong

S.T.S.
Hagupit

ESE

Name of tropical cyclone	Month	Maximum gust peak speed in km/h with direction in points
Name of tropical cyclone	Month	King's Park		Chek Lap Kok (Airport)		Waglan Island
S.T.S. Kammuri	8	N	54	NE	52	NNE	85
S.T.S. Vongfong	8	ESE	59	SE	75	E	76
S.T.S. Hagupit	9	ESE	87	ESE	94	ESE	112

* Hong Kong Time (UTC + 8 hours)

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