Tropical storm heading pretty much for HK
Post edited by: Martin, at: 2006/09/12 23:48
Number Three signal fans rejoice!
- the signal could go up soon, as the trop depression edges closer, and winds likely strengthen, maybe swinging from mainly northerly, to southeasterly.
Still, that's a long way from having a Number 8 so you can go home from the office; based on Prapiroon, with its sustained spell of winds well over hurricane force at Ngong Ping, need something real severe for that. :whistle:
Red rainstorm warning up, tho judging by radar might get bit of reprieve from heaviest rain. (hah! - I write this and rain worsens; plus it's near twilight outside, the computer monitor's glowing brightly by contrast).
Temperature rising, as get transition fron northeast monsoon winds, to circulation within the tropical depression: from 21C at midnight, now surged to almost 25C on Cheung Chau, according to realtime info from the weather station here.
Post edited by: Martin, at: 2006/09/13 10:55
Post edited by: Martin, at: 2006/09/13 18:24
Well, the Number Three didn't last too long, and winds even here on Cheung Chau didn't get real powerful - tho the heavens sure opened.
Shot here from this morning: red flag up so no swimming, and north HK Island and Kowloon obscured by a thunderstorm.
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Plenty of rain - and Cheung Chau among wettest places in HK in last hour or so - but the trop depression apparently hasn't intensified much, and has been moving west-northwest in past few hours. Looks set to land in western Guangdong.
So, Number Three signal fans (are there any?) could be disappointed.
More rainbands close, with more circling around the rather diffuse centre of the storm (best seen on radar animations).