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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2009

Table 3.7.1    

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

131

14/9

20:58

ESE

77

15/9

02:00

Central Pier

E

118

14/9

23:40

E

70

14/9

23:00

Cheung Chau*

-

142

15/9

00:06

-

106

15/9

02:00

Cheung Chau Beach

E

151

14/9

22:56

E

104

14/9

23:00

Cheung Sha Wan

NE

90

14/9

21:25

NE

34

14/9

22:00

Green Island

 

NE

151

14/9

21:37

NE

99

14/9

22:00

NE

151

14/9

23:08

 

Hong Kong International Airport

SE

115

15/9

04:36

ESE

68

15/9

03:00

Kai Tak

E

115

15/9

02:28

E

63

15/9

02:00

King's Park

E

118

14/9

22:44

ESE

47

15/9

01:00

Lau Fau Shan

E

96

15/9

00:50

E

51

15/9

00:00

North Point

E

118

14/9

21:50

E

65

15/9

00:00

Ping Chau

E

104

14/9

22:33

E

40

14/9

23:00

Sai Kung

ENE

122

14/9

21:49

ENE

72

14/9

23:00

Sha Chau

SE

117

15/9

03:47

SE

75

15/9

04:00

Sha Lo Wan

E

140

15/9

03:30

E

62

14/9

23:00

Sha Tin

ENE

87

14/9

22:18

SE

31

15/9

05:00

Shek Kong

NE

121

14/9

22:42

E

47

15/9

01:00

Star Ferry (Kowloon)

ESE

110

14/9

23:22

E

59

15/9

00:00

Ta Kwu Ling

E

88

15/9

01:22

E

38

15/9

04:00

Tai Mei Tuk

 

E

131

14/9

23:33

E

88

15/9

00:00

 

E

88

15/9

01:00

Tate's Cairn

ESE

158

14/9

23:21

E

101

14/9

22:00

Tsak Yue Wu

ENE

70

14/9

22:21

E

25

14/9

23:00

Tseung Kwan O

NNE

92

14/9

20:25

NNE

31

14/9

20:00

Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot

E

88

15/9

00:44

ESE

43

15/9

05:00

Tuen Mun Government Offices

SE

110

15/9

03:58

SE

40

15/9

04:00

Waglan Island

ENE

139

14/9

21:33

E

112

14/9

22:00

Wetland Park

E

83

15/9

00:59

E

38

15/9

00:00

Wong Chuk Hang

SE

130

15/9

00:01

E

49

14/9

23:00



*   As the wind direction sensor at Cheung Chau Automatic Weather Station was damaged by thunderstorms, please refer to the wind direction recorded at Cheung Chau Beach.

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