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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2016

TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2016

Visible satellite imagery at 2:00 p.m. on 27 May 2016 as the tropical depression reached its peak intensity with estimated maximum sustained winds of 55 km/h near its centre.
Figure 3.3.3a     10-minute mean wind direction and speed recorded at various stations in Hong Kong at 2:30 a.m. on 2 August 2016. Typhoon Nida was about 80 km east of the Observatory Headquarters.

Note: The 10-minute mean wind speeds recorded at that time at Ngong Ping, Sha Chau, Shatin and Tseung Kwan O were 33, 27, 14 and 16 km/h respectively.