Weather Report

PRESS WEATHER NO. 252 - WIND INFORMATION IN HONG KONG DURING TROPICAL CYCLONE SITUATION
WIND INFORMATION IN HONG KONG DURING TROPICAL CYCLONE SITUATION

WIND SPEED DATA FOR STRONG WINDS OR ABOVE RECORDED BY THE
HONG KONG OBSERVATORY IN DIFFERENT REGIONS FROM 10:31 P.M.
TO 11:30 P.M. ON 23 SEPTEMBER 2008 :

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED REACHING
HURRICANE FORCE (FORCE 12)                          MAXIMUM GUST

TATE'S CAIRN     121 KM/H                          157 KM/H
NGONG PING       144 KM/H                          189 KM/H

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED REACHING
STORM FORCE (FORCE 10-11)                           MAXIMUM GUST

CHEUNG CHAU      112 KM/H                          154 KM/H
PENG CHAU         94 KM/H                          126 KM/H
TAI MEI TUK      100 KM/H                          137 KM/H
WAGLAN ISLAND    104 KM/H                          127 KM/H

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED REACHING
GALE FORCE (FORCE 8-9)                              MAXIMUM GUST

GREEN ISLAND      73 KM/H                          130 KM/H
SAI KUNG          64 KM/H                          101 KM/H
LAU FAU SHAN      68 KM/H                          112 KM/H
CHEK LAP KOK      80 KM/H                          120 KM/H
KAI TAK           67 KM/H                          104 KM/H
STANLEY           79 KM/H                          113 KM/H
SHA CHAU          78 KM/H                          106 KM/H

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED REACHING
STRONG FORCE (FORCE 6-7)                            MAXIMUM GUST

WONG CHUK HANG    57 KM/H                          127 KM/H
SHEK KONG         54 KM/H                          102 KM/H
WETLAND PARK      48 KM/H                          102 KM/H
TSING YI          46 KM/H                           87 KM/H
SHA TIN           42 KM/H                           92 KM/H
KING'S PARK       48 KM/H                           93 KM/H

INFORMATION BASED ON WIND SPEED DATA RECORDED BY AUTOMATIC
ANEMOMETER STATIONS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED REFERS TO
THE MAXIMUM 10-MINUTE MEAN WIND SPEED IN 60 MINUTES
INDICATED ABOVE. THE ABOVE DATA ARE BROADCAST TO GIVE THE
PUBLIC QUICK ACCESS TO REGIONAL WIND INFORMATION. ONLY
MINIMAL QUALITY CONTROL HAS BEEN APPLIED.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 23:41 HKT ON 23.09.2008