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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2008

Table 3.4.1    

Maximum gust peak speeds and maximum hourly mean winds with associated wind directions recorded at various stations when tropical cyclone warning signals for Nuri 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)

SSW

118

22/8

19:54

SSW

75

22/8

20:00

Central Pier

WNW

90

22/8

11:44

NW

43

22/8

12:00

Cheung Chau

SSW

126

22/8

22:18

SSW

88

22/8

23:00

Cheung Sha Wan

SW

96

23/8

00:10

SW

54

22/8

21:00

Green Island

SSW

144

22/8

23:06

SW

110

22/8

21:00

Hong Kong International Airport

SSW

112

23/8

01:11

SSW

76

23/8

01:00

Kai Tak

N

118

22/8

13:08

N

47

22/8

13:00

King's Park

NNE

118

22/8

10:51

SSW

49

22/8

21:00

Lau Fau Shan

N

92

22/8

08:28

N

49

22/8

09:00

Ngong Ping

SW

196

22/8

23:31

SW

128

23/8

01:00

North Point

NNE

110

22/8

12:02

NNE

54

22/8

14:00

Peng Chau

N

112

22/8

10:32

NNW

62

22/8

12:00

         

NNW

62

22/8

14:00

Ping Chau

ENE

108

22/8

13:32

E

34

22/8

15:00

Sai Kung

NNE

148

22/8

13:33

NNE

87

22/8

14:00

Sha Chau

NNW

128

22/8

12:36

N

94

22/8

15:00

SSW

128

23/8

01:12

Sha Lo Wan

SW

135

23/8

01:10

SW

65

23/8

02:00

Sha Tin

SW

101

22/8

21:27

SSW

45

22/8

21:00

Shek Kong

NNE

76

22/8

14:10

N

38

22/8

15:00

Star Ferry (Kowloon)

WSW

104

22/8

20:00

S

34

22/8

21:00

SW

104

22/8

21:12

       

Ta Kwu Ling

NNE

87

22/8

13:26

N

40

22/8

14:00

Tai Mei Tuk

SW

144

22/8

20:25

NE

79

22/8

14:00

Tai Mo Shan

SSW

144

22/8

20:53

N

96

22/8

13:00

Tap Mun

NE

121

22/8

13:33

NE

62

22/8

14:00

Tate's Cairn

N

193

22/8

13:45

N

122

22/8

14:00

Tsak Yue Wu

NNE

106

22/8

11:48

NNE

45

22/8

12:00

Tseung Kwan O

N

90

22/8

12:08

N

31

22/8

13:00

Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot

NNW

101

22/8

10:06

NNW

56

22/8

13:00

Tuen Mun Government Offices

SSW

96

23/8

02:39

S

36

23/8

01:00

S

36

23/8

02:00

Waglan Island

SSW

157

22/8

19:32

SSW

115

22/8

20:00

Wetland Park

N

94

22/8

12:08

N

41

22/8

14:00

Wong Chuk Hang

N

88

22/8

11:32

NNW

31

22/8

13:00


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