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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2006

TABLE 3.5.1    

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 the tropical depression

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 E 43 25/8 02:42 E 23 24/8 17:00
Central Plaza - 62 25/8 01:03 - 38 24/8 23:00
Chek Lap Kok SSE 49 25/8 02:37 ESE 30 24/8 16:00
Cheung Chau ESE 62 24/8 21:18 ESE 40 24/8 23:00
Cheung Sha Wan E 36 24/8 18:30 ENE 14 24/8 17:00
Green Island - 72 25/8 01:03 - 36 25/8 03:00
Kai Tak SE 54 24/8 22:23 ESE 23 24/8 23:00
King's Park SSE 40 25/8 03:06 ESE 14 24/8 16:00
Lau Fau Shan E 36 24/8 15:39 E 20 24/8 14:00
E 36 24/8 15:41
North Point E 41 24/8 15:25 E 25 24/8 16:00
Ping Chau SSE 41 25/8 03:43 SSE 12 25/8 04:00
Sai Kung SSE 62 25/8 01:05 SSE 36 25/8 03:00
Sha Lo Wan S 54 25/8 02:58 S 22 25/8 03:00
S 22 25/8 04:00
Sha Tin SE 34 25/8 01:11 N 12 24/8 14:00
Shek Kong SSE 36 25/8 01:28 E 14 24/8 14:00
Star Ferry (Kowloon) ESE 41 25/8 02:20 E 23 24/8 16:00
Ta Kwu Ling E 34 24/8 23:06 ESE 14 24/8 17:00
Tai Mei Tuk E 70 24/8 22:53 E 31 24/8 23:00
Tai Mo Shan ESE 67 24/8 23:06 E 47 24/8 17:00
Tap Mun ESE 51 25/8 00:09 SE 25 25/8 02:00
Tate's Cairn SSE 77 25/8 01:12 SSE 40 25/8 01:00
Tsak Yue Wu S 36 24/8 22:37 E 9 24/8 15:00
Tseung Kwan O - 51 25/8 00:58 - 13 24/8 19:00
Ching Pak House, Tsing Yi SE 54 25/8 01:12 SE 25 24/8 23:00
Tuen Mun S 45 25/8 02:42 SSE 19 25/8 04:00
Waglan Island SSE 58 24/8 22:00 S 45 25/8 03:00
Wong Chuk Hang E 40 24/8 18:03 ESE 16 24/8 16:00

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