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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2012

Table 3.3.1

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

Station
(See Fig. 1.1)

Maximum Gust Maximum Hourly Mean Wind
Direction Speed (km/h) Date/
Month
Time Direction Speed (km/h) Date/
Month
Time

Central Pier

ENE

122

23/7

22:39

E

76

23/7

23:00

Cheung Chau

E

184

24/7

00:17

SE

126

24/7

02:00

Cheung Chau Beach

E

171

23/7

23:54

E

115

24/7

00:00

Green Island

NE

155

23/7

23:20

NE

92

23/7

21:00

Hong Kong International Airport

E

133

24/7

01:34

E

85

24/7

01:00

Kai Tak

E

135

24/7

01:34

ESE

67

24/7

07:00

King's Park

ESE

110

24/7

01:26

ESE

52

24/7

02:00

Lau Fau Shan

-

106

24/7

00:27

-

59

24/7

00:00

Ngong Ping

ENE

256

23/7

23:48

E

153

24/7

02:00

North Point

E

130

24/7

00:33

E

65

24/7

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E

65

24/7

01:00

Peng Chau

ESE

128

24/7

01:28

E

90

24/7

01:00

Ping Chau

E

121 

23/7

21:09

E

41

23/7

22:00

Sai Kung

ENE

121

23/7

21:26

ENE

72 

23/7

22:00

Sha Chau

SSE

126 

24/7

03:31

SE

85

24/7

03:00

Sha Lo Wan

E

149

24/7

02:06

E

76 

24/7

02:00

Sha Tin

SSE

88

24/7

02:54

SE

41

24/7

05:00

Shek Kong

ENE

121

24/7

01:33

E

58

24/7

02:00

Star Ferry (Kowloon)

E

122

24/7

00:33

E

83

24/7

00:00

Ta Kwu Ling

ENE

94

24/7

01:11

E

40

24/7

03:00

Tai Mei Tuk

ENE

146

23/7

19:20

E

96

24/7

01:00

Tai Mo Shan

ESE

196

24/7

01:01

ESE

135

24/7

01:00

Tai Po Kau

ESE

115

24/7

00:21

ESE

72

24/7

01:00

ESE

115

24/7

01:34

 

 

 

 

Tate's Cairn

ESE

166

23/7

23:45

E

115

24/7

00:00

Tseung Kwan O

ESE

101

24/7

01:58

ESE

36

24/7

05:00

Tsing Yi Shell Oil Depot

SE

106

24/7

01:42

ESE

43

24/7

01:00

Tuen Mun Government Offices

ESE

128

24/7

02:26

ESE

43

24/7

03:00

Waglan Island

ESE

149

23/7

22:10

E

106

23/7

22:00

Wetland Park

E

94

24/7

01:06

E

40

24/7

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E

40

24/7

02:00

 

 

 

 

SE

40

24/7

04:00

Wong Chuk Hang

E

124

24/7

01:18

ESE

51

24/7

01:00

Bluff Head (Stanley), Tap Mun - data not available

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