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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2009

TABLE 3.2.1    

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

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

Bluff Head (Stanley)

ENE

62

26/6

14:16

E

30

26/6

15:00

Central Pier

E

56

26/6

11:41

E

30

26/6

16:00

Cheung Chau

E

58

26/6

12:03

E

31

26/6

15:00

Hong Kong International Airport

ESE

51

26/6

14:48

NW

31

27/6

00:00

Kai Tak

NE

62

26/6

12:00

W

25

26/6

23:00

King's Park

ESE

47

26/6

12:17

ENE

16

26/6

18:00

Lau Fau Shan

WNW

49

27/6

02:08

WNW

31

27/6

02:00

 

WNW

31

27/6

03:00

Ngong Ping

E

83

26/6

15:38

E

59

26/6

13:00

North Point

E

63

26/6

18:01

E

27

26/6

15:00

 

W

27

27/6

01:00

 

W

27

27/6

02:00

Peng Chau

E

63

26/6

12:29

NW

38

27/6

00:00

Ping Chau

E

68

26/6

14:43

W

31

27/6

02:00

Sai Kung

 

ENE

65

26/6

17:55

ENE

30

26/6

12:00

       

NE

30

26/6

17:00

Sha Chau

ENE

56

26/6

12:43

N

25

26/6

21:00

Sha Lo Wan

E

56

26/6

12:47

E

30

26/6

13:00

Sha Tin

E

47

26/6

16:09

NE

19

26/6

16:00

Shek Kong

E

49

26/6

12:22

E

19

26/6

15:00

Star Ferry (Kowloon)

SE

56

26/6

12:15

WNW

30

27/6

00:00

Ta Kwu Ling

E

49

26/6

15:39

E

19

26/6

16:00

Tai Mei Tuk

E

79

26/6

18:05

NE

38

26/6

19:00

Tai Mo Shan

E

77

26/6

15:19

W

54

27/6

03:00

Tap Mun

WNW

70

26/6

22:55

W

40

27/6

00:00

Tate's Cairn

E

83

26/6

16:37

E

51

26/6

17:00

Tsak Yue Wu

NE

41

26/6

14:50

N

14

26/6

21:00

Tseung Kwan O

NE

43

26/6

17:54

NNE

16

26/6

18:00

Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot

 

ESE

38

26/6

12:08

NNW

14

26/6

22:00

 

NW

14

26/6

23:00

 

NW

14

27/6

00:00

Tuen Mun Government Offices

WNW

49

27/6

03:21

WNW

14

27/6

04:00

Waglan Island

ENE

75

26/6

12:15

ENE

52

26/6

18:00

Wetland Park

WNW

36

26/6

23:57

NW

19

26/6

23:00

Wong Chuk Hang

SE

54

26/6

15:02

E

23

26/6

15:00


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