TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2006
TABLE 3.4.1
Maximum gust peak speeds and maximum hourly mean winds with associated wind directions recorded at various stations during the issuing of the tropical cyclone warning signal for Bopha
| Station (see Fig. 1.1) |
Maximum Gust | Date/ Month |
Time | Maximum Hourly Wind | Date/ Month |
Time | ||
| Direction | Speed (km/h) |
Direction | Speed (km/h) | |||||
| Central Pier | ENE | 62 | 10/8 | 00:09 | E | 19 | 10/8 | 01:00 |
| ENE | 62 | 10/8 | 00:10 | |||||
| Central Plaza | - | 110 | 10/8 | 00:07 | - | 22 | 10/8 | 01:00 |
| Chek Lap Kok | ENE | 70 | 10/8 | 00:28 | S | 23 | 9/8 | 18:00 |
| Cheung Chau | NE | 87 | 10/8 | 00:32 | W | 25 | 9/8 | 20:00 |
| Cheung Sha Wan | N | 31 | 10/8 | 00:08 | SW | 12 | 9/8 | 15:00 |
| SW | 12 | 9/8 | 18:00 | |||||
| Green Island | ENE | 59 | 10/8 | 00:12 | NW | 23 | 10/8 | 13:00 |
| Kai Tak | E | 65 | 10/8 | 00:04 | ESE | 22 | 10/8 | 01:00 |
| King's Park | NE | 43 | 10/8 | 00:13 | WSW | 12 | 9/8 | 14:00 |
| WSW | 12 | 9/8 | 15:00 | |||||
| Lau Fau Shan | E | 70 | 10/8 | 00:10 | E | 20 | 10/8 | 01:00 |
| North Point | ENE | 58 | 10/8 | 00:06 | W | 16 | 9/8 | 14:00 |
| Ping Chau | NNW | 38 | 10/8 | 09:48 | WNW | 7 | 9/8 | 12:00 |
| W | 7 | 9/8 | 14:00 | |||||
| WSW | 7 | 9/8 | 15:00 | |||||
| Sai Kung | E | 38 | 9/8 | 23:51 | N | 16 | 10/8 | 14:00 |
| Sha Lo Wan | E | 65 | 10/8 | 00:33 | E | 23 | 10/8 | 01:00 |
| Sha Tin | N | 58 | 9/8 | 23:57 | SW | 13 | 9/8 | 18:00 |
| Shek Kong | ENE | 54 | 10/8 | 00:02 | WNW | 7 | 9/8 | 14:00 |
| Star Ferry (Kowloon) | E | 47 | 10/8 | 00:09 | W | 22 | 9/8 | 11:00 |
| W | 22 | 9/8 | 14:00 | |||||
| Ta Kwu Ling | NE | 52 | 9/8 | 23:49 | WSW | 9 | 10/8 | 00:00 |
| Tai Mo Shan | NNE | 77 | 10/8 | 00:02 | NE | 43 | 10/8 | 01:00 |
| Tap Mun | ESE | 51 | 9/8 | 23:33 | NW | 14 | 10/8 | 08:00 |
| Tate's Cairn | E | 62 | 9/8 | 23:59 | NNE | 34 | 10/8 | 05:00 |
| Tsak Yue Wu | ESE | 40 | 9/8 | 23:47 | NE | 12 | 10/8 | 07:00 |
| Tseung Kwan O | N | 38 | 9/8 | 23:56 | NNW | 9 | 10/8 | 14:00 |
| Ching Pak House, Tsing Yi | NNE | 52 | 10/8 | 00:11 | W | 19 | 9/8 | 13:00 |
| Tuen Mun | NE | 56 | 10/8 | 00:16 | NW | 12 | 9/8 | 13:00 |
| Waglan Island | ENE | 67 | 10/8 | 00:06 | W | 27 | 9/8 | 20:00 |
| Wong Chuk Hang | ESE | 56 | 10/8 | 00:15 | SE | 13 | 10/8 | 01:00 |
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