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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2009

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 Molave 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)

W

96

19/7

02:27

W

58

19/7

03:00

Central Pier

WSW

92

19/7

03:29

W

45

19/7

01:00

Cheung Chau

WSW

103

19/7

02:56

W

63

19/7

03:00

Cheung Sha Wan

SW

79

19/7

03:44

SW

47

19/7

04:00

Hong Kong International Airport

SW

99

19/7

04:00

SW

68

19/7

04:00

Kai Tak

W

88

19/7

01:17

W

54

19/7

02:00

 

W

88

19/7

01:35

 

King's Park

W

96

19/7

01:40

W

40

19/7

02:00

Lau Fau Shan

WNW

124

19/7

02:42

WNW

90

19/7

03:00

Ngong Ping

W

137  

19/7

03:07

WSW

96

19/7

04:00

North Point

W

103

19/7

01:25

W

58

19/7

02:00

Peng Chau

WNW

112

19/7

01:04

WNW

67

19/7

02:00

Ping Chau

SW

99

19/7

02:04

NW

31

19/7

01:00

Sai Kung

WNW

92

19/7

00:52

S

51

19/7

04:00

Sha Chau

SSW

96

19/7

04:25

SSW

72

19/7

05:00

Sha Lo Wan

SW

94

19/7

03:41

SW

54

19/7

05:00

 

SW

94

19/7

04:10

 

Sha Tin

SW

90

19/7

02:15

SSW

45

19/7

03:00

Shek Kong

W

77

19/7

02:21

WSW

31

19/7

03:00

Star Ferry (Kowloon)

W

103

19/7

01:15

W

72

19/7

02:00

Ta Kwu Ling

W

92

19/7

01:51

W

38

19/7

03:00

Tai Mei Tuk

W

144

19/7

01:19

W

72

19/7

02:00

 

 

WSW

72

19/7

03:00

Tai Mo Shan

W

155

19/7

01:41

W

104

19/7

02:00

Tap Mun

WNW

148

19/7

01:03

WNW

77

19/7

01:00

Tate's Cairn

NW

128

19/7

00:39

NW

79

19/7

01:00

Tsak Yue Wu

WNW

67

19/7

00:37

WNW

23

19/7

01:00

Tseung Kwan O

S

59

19/7

03:26

S

22

19/7

04:00

Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot

W

99

19/7

02:19

WSW

51

19/7

03:00

Tuen Mun Government Offices

WNW

103

19/7

01:28

WNW

41

19/7

02:00

Waglan Island

WSW

122

19/7

01:50

SSW

92

19/7

04:00

Wetland Park

SSW

77

19/7

04:05

WNW

27

19/7

02:00

Wong Chuk Hang

WNW

72

19/7

01:11

WNW

30

19/7

02:00


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