WAVE RECORDS
Observed Waves
APPENDIX 5
Corresponding Mean Wind*
Month 1969
Maximum
Occasions
Average
Direction
Height
Period
Height
Period
Speed
No.
Direction
%
(ft.)
(sec.)
(ft.)
(sec.)
(m.p.h.)
Not
Feb.
11
100
0.8
2.3
0.5
2.1
10
E
Observed
March
z
1
NE
1
EHS
2
SE
2
AARE
2.2
0.5
2.5
0.4
2.3
9
2.2
0.5
0.4
0.4
2.2
8
N
Z Z
N
4.4
1.0
1.9
0.8
1.7
14
NE
4.4
0.4
2.5
0.3
2.2
9
S
35
78.0
0.7
1.9
0.4
2.0
E
SW
2
4.4
0.5
2.5
0.3
2.2
3
2
4.4
0.4
2.4
0.3
22
14
NE
2.2
15
ENE
April
SE
3
7.5
0,7
1.9
0.5
1.8
9
ENE
S
37
92.5
0.8
1.5
0.4
1.8
6
ESE
s
May
SW
22
96
1.3
3.6
0.4
2.2
8
ESE
0.3
2.0
0.2
2.0
3
S
* The corresponding mean wind was obtained by averaging the daily mean wind speeds and directions at Cheung
Chau for each occasion.
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