Possibility of signal No. 9 ‘medium to relatively high’
The Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) hoisted the typhoon signal No. 8NE at 11:30 p.m., last night which replaced signal No. 3 which was hoisted earlier in the day.
It was the first time that it had hoisted the signal No. 8 this year.
The bureau said it expexted the signal No. 8 to “remain in effect this morning.”
The bureau also said late last night that the possibility of hoisting signal No. 9 was “medium to relatively high.”
According to the SMG website, signal No. 9 means that a tropical cyclone is approaching Macau where winds with sustained speeds of 63 to 117 km/h are blowing and intensifying or expected to intensify significantly.
According to an SMG statement, at midnight Typhoon Higos was located about 110 km south-east of Macau and moving west towards to the Pearl River Delta. Higos was forecast to move north-west at around 20 km/h.
Signal No. 8 means that a tropical cyclone continues to approach Macau. Winds with sustained speeds of 63 to 117 km/h are expected or blowing and the gusts may exceed 180 km/h in Macau, according to the local observatory’s five-level storm warning system (signals 1, 3, 8, 9, 10). Signal No. 8 is the third highest.
Signal No.8 is further divided into Signal No.8NE, Signal No.8 SE, Signal No.8SW and Signal No.8NW, each indicating the possible wind direction in the next few hours.
Typhoon map issued by the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) at midnight
