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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2009

Table 3.8.1

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

NE

59

28/9

16:45

ENE

30

27/9

23:00

Central Pier

E

43

28/9

08:55

E

25

27/9

23:00

Cheung Chau

NNE

56

28/9

11:28

NNE

31

28/9

12:00

Cheung Chau Beach

NE

52

28/9

10:09

NE

40

28/9

07:00

Cheung Sha Wan

NNE

36

28/9

13:35

NE

14

28/9

07:00

Green Island

NNE

58

28/9

09:15

NNE

40

28/9

10:00

Hong Kong International Airport

ENE

51

28/9

17:26

NE

30

28/9

07:00

Kai Tak

E

45

27/9

22:49

E

20

27/9

23:00

King's Park

 

 

NNE

34

28/9

13:24

NE

13

28/9

10:00

 

NE

13

28/9

12:00

 

ENE

13

28/9

19:00

Lau Fau Shan

NE

41

28/9

08:54

NE

22

28/9

10:00

Ngong Ping

ENE

70

28/9

18:03

ENE

52

28/9

12:00

North Point

E

40

28/9

00:00

E

23

27/9

23:00

Peng Chau

ENE

36

28/9

06:59

E

23

27/9

23:00

Sai Kung

 

NE

36

28/9

16:58

N

20

28/9

05:00

 

N

20

28/9

06:00

Sha Chau

NNE

54 

28/9

17:24

NNE

34

28/9

18:00

Sha Lo Wan

ENE

41

28/9

17:30

ENE

20

28/9

06:00

Sha Tin

NNE

38

28/9

05:50

NNE

16

28/9

06:00

Shek Kong

 

ENE

31

27/9

23:10

E

16

27/9

23:00

ENE

31

28/9

00:10

 

Star Ferry (Kowloon)

SE

36

28/9

07:39

SE

22

27/9

23:00

Ta Kwu Ling

NNE

31

28/9

06:06

N

12

28/9

06:00

Tai Mei Tuk

NNE

65

28/9

16:55

NE

40

28/9

17:00

Tai Mo Shan

NE

75

28/9

16:39

ENE

59

28/9

13:00

Tap Mun

NE

38

28/9

16:47

NE

16

28/9

17:00

Tate's Cairn

ENE

87

28/9

17:34

ENE

63

28/9

12:00

Tsak Yue Wu

ENE

31

28/9

16:51

NNE

12

28/9

17:00

Tseung Kwan O

N

31

28/9

16:30

NNE

13

28/9

17:00

Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot

S

27

28/9

01:44

SE

7

28/9

08:00

SE

27

28/9

01:45

NW

7

28/9

09:00

Tuen Mun Government Offices

NNE

47

28/9

15:58

NNE

14

28/9

17:00

Waglan Island

ENE

68

28/9

01:19

ENE

54

28/9

00:00

Wetland Park

 

NE

31

28/9

08:21

NE

14

28/9

06:00

 

NE

14

28/9

09:00

Wong Chuk Hang

ESE

51

28/9

01:25

E

20

28/9

18:00


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