TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2009
Table 4.8.1
RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH EACH TROPICAL CYCLONE THAT CAME WITHIN 600 KM OF HONG KONG IN 2009
| Name of tropical cyclone |
Period when tropical cyclone within 600 km of Hong Kong (T1  T2) |
Rainfall at the Hong Kong Observatory (mm) | ||||
| Date/Month Time* | (i) within 600 km of Hong Kong (T1 T2) |
(ii) 24-hour period after T2 |
(iii) 48-hour period after T2 |
(iv) 72-hour period after T2 |
(i)+(iv) Total T1 (T2+72 hours) |
|
|
Severe Tropical Storm Linfa |
(T1) 17 / 6 2000 - (T2) 22 / 6 0400 |
5.7
|
15.7
|
32.7
|
36.7
|
42.4
|
|
Tropical Storm Nangka |
(T1) 25 / 6 2300 - (T2) 27 / 6 0200 |
22.5
|
50.4
|
90.8
|
90.8
|
113.3
|
|
Tropical Storm Soudelor |
(T1) 10 / 7 1900 - (T2) 12 / 7 1400 |
8.1
|
Trace |
Trace
|
+3.1
|
11.2
|
|
Tropical Depression # |
(T1) 13 / 7 2200 - (T2) 14 / 7 0500 |
0.0
|
Trace
|
4.8
|
6.0
|
6.0
|
|
Typhoon Molave |
(T1) 18 / 7 0200 - (T2) 19 / 7 2000 |
136.3
|
8.1
|
8.1
|
8.7
|
145.0
|
|
Severe Tropical Storm Goni |
(T1) 2 / 8 1300 - (T2) 9 / 8 1400 |
143.5
|
4.3
|
54.0
|
56.6
|
200.1
|
|
Tropical Storm Mujigae |
(T1) 9 / 9 2000 - (T2) 11 / 9 0900 |
4.1
|
14.3
|
14.3
|
++38.7
|
42.8
|
|
Typhoon Koppu |
(T1) 13 / 9 1400 - (T2) 16 / 9 0200 |
252.5
|
20.5
|
20.5
|
20.5
|
273.0
|
|
Super Typhoon Parma # |
(T1) 10 / 10 1600 - (T2) 12 / 10 2200 |
6.6
|
Trace
|
9.5
|
9.5
|
16.1
|
| Total | 822.4 | |||||
| * |
Hong Kong Time (UTC + 8 hours). |
| T1 |
- The time when a tropical cyclone was first centred within 600 km of Hong Kong. |
| T2 |
- The time when a tropical cyclone was dissipated within or moved outside 600 km of Hong Kong. |
| # |
Tropical cyclone without issuing of tropical cyclone warning signal in Hong Kong. |
| + |
Figure in column (iv) of T.S. Soudelor overlaps the rainfall amount in column (i) of Tropical Depression by 3.1 mm. |
| ++ |
Figure in column (iv) of T.S. Mujigae overlaps the rainfall amount in column (i) of T. Koppu by 24.4 mm. |
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