TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2016

Super Typhoon Haima (1622)

• Report on Super Typhoon Haima

• FIGURE
  • Track of Haima: 14 – 22 October 2016
  • Track of Haima near Hong Kong
  • Rainfall distribution on 20 - 21 October 2016
  • 10-minute mean wind direction and speed recorded at various stations in Hong Kong at 11:00 a.m. on 21 October 2016
  • Traces of mean sea-level pressure recorded at the Observatory Headquarters and Tai Po on 21 October 2016
  • Infra-red satellite imagery around 8 p.m. on 18 October 2016
  • Visible satellite imagery around 3 p.m. on 20 October 2016
  • Image of radar echoes at 9 a.m. on 21 October 2016
  • Image of radar echoes at 1 p.m. on 21 October 2016
  • Trees blown down near Lai Chi Kok Fire Station. (Photo provided by member of the public)


• 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 Haima 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 Haima were in force
  • Daily rainfall amounts recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory Headquarters and other stations during the passage of Haima
  • Times and heights of the maximum sea level and the maximum storm surge recorded at tide stations in Hong Kong during the passage of Haima

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