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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2008

Table 3.3.1    

Maximum gust peak speeds and maximum hourly mean winds with associated wind directions recorded at various stations when tropical cyclone warning signals for Kammuri were in force

Station
(see Fig. 1.1)
Maximum Gust Date/
Month
Time Maximum Hourly Wind Date/
Month
Time
Direction Speed
(km/h)
Direction Speed
(km/h)

Bluff Head (Stanley)

NNE

113

6/8

03:41

ENE

62

6/8

09:00

Central Pier

E

96

6/8

08:28

E

56

6/8

08:00

Cheung Chau

NE

124

6/8

09:13

ENE

83

6/8

10:00

Cheung Sha Wan

NE

96

6/8

08:14

NE

31

6/8

05:00

       

NE

31

6/8

06:00

Green Island

ENE

126

6/8

06:56

ENE

56

6/8

08:00

Hong Kong International Airport

E

90

6/8

08:44

E

58

6/8

12:00

Kai Tak

NE

101

6/8

05:26

E

47

6/8

11:00

King's Park

ESE

85

6/8

10:32

E

36

6/8

10:00

Lau Fau Shan

E

92

6/8

10:25

E

47

6/8

12:00

 

E

92

6/8

11:43

       

Ngong Ping

ENE

227

6/8

10:09

E

166

6/8

11:00

North Point

E

101

6/8

08:03

E

52

6/8

09:00

Peng Chau

NE

112

6/8

07:12

ENE

75

6/8

09:00

Ping Chau

ENE

75

6/8

05:59

E

25

6/8

06:00

Sai Kung

NE

104

6/8

07:23

ENE

58

6/8

08:00

Sha Chau

E

83

6/8

12:12

E

54

6/8

13:00

Sha Lo Wan

E

103

6/8

08:27

E

54

6/8

12:00

Sha Tin

NE

77

6/8

08:41

NE

30

6/8

09:00

Shek Kong

E

92

6/8

10:29

E

40

6/8

10:00

 

 

 

 

 

E

40

6/8

12:00

Star Ferry (Kowloon)

ESE

90

6/8

10:24

E

54

6/8

10:00

Ta Kwu Ling

ENE

85

6/8

09:12

ENE

31

6/8

08:00

Tai Mo Shan

E

146

6/8

08:56

E

96

6/8

11:00

Tate's Cairn

E

142

6/8

06:25

E

96

6/8

11:00

 

E

142

6/8

10:08

       

Tsak Yue Wu

ENE

65

6/8

07:35

NE

20

5/8

23:00

Tseung Kwan O

NE

85

6/8

05:26

NE

27

6/8

03:00

Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot

ESE

85

6/8

10:13

ESE

31

6/8

11:00

Tuen Mun Government Offices

SE

79

6/8

19:59

SE

31

6/8

22:00

Waglan Island

E

140

6/8

06:44

E

96

6/8

07:00

Wetland Park

E

75

6/8

11:19

ENE

34

6/8

08:00

Wong Chuk Hang

ESE

101

6/8

10:17

ESE

45

6/8

12:00


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