TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2016

Typhoon Nida (1604): 29 July to 3 August 2016

• Report on Typhoon Nida

• FIGURE
  • Track of Typhoon Nida: 29 July – 3 August 2016
  • Track of Nida near Hong Kong
  • Rainfall distribution on 31 July - 2 August 2016
  • 10-minute mean wind direction and speed recorded at various stations in Hong Kong at 2:30 a.m. on 2 August 2016
  • 10-minute mean wind direction and speed recorded at various stations in Hong Kong at 8:20 a.m. on 2 August 2016
  • Traces of mean sea-level pressure recorded at the Observatory Headquarters and Ta Kwu Ling on 1 – 2 August 2016
  • Tide and storm surge recorded at Quarry Bay on 1 – 2 August 2016
  • Visible satellite imagery around 5 p.m. on 1 August 2016, when Nida was at peak intensity with estimated maximum sustained winds of 130 km/h near its centre
  • Image of radar echoes at 11 p.m. on 1 August 2016 which clearly shows the eye of Nida with a diameter of about 100 km
  • Image of radar echoes at 5 a.m. on 2 August 2016 when Nida was closest to Hong Kong
  • Image of radar echoes at 9 a.m. on 2 August 2016. Hong Kong was under the influence of the intense rainbands of Nida
  • The scaffolding of a commercial building at Fleming Road in Wan Chai collapsed. (Photo courtesy of China Daily)
  • A satellite dish of around six feet was blown down to the pavement under strong winds in Sheung Wan. (Photo courtesy of Sing Tao Daily)
  • Landslide at Barker Road under the influence of Nida. (Photo courtesy of the Geotechnical Engineering Office and the Civil Engineering and Development Department)
  • Tree blown down near Lei King Wan in Sai Wan Ho during the passage of Nida. (Photo courtesy of Huey Pang)


• TABLE
  • Maximum gust peak speeds and maximum hourly mean winds with associated wind directions recorded at various stations when the tropical cyclone warning signals for Nida were in force
  • Periods during which sustained strong and gale force winds were attained at the eight reference anemometers in the tropical cyclone warning system when tropical cyclone warning signals for Nida were in force
  • Daily rainfall amounts recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory Headquarters and other stations during the passage of Nida
  • Times and heights of the maximum sea level and the maximum storm surge recorded at tide stations in Hong Kong during the passage of Nida

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