The storm-warning Signal No. 3 is still hoisted in Macau this afternoon as Typhoon Cempaka at 3 p.m. was located about 150 km west-southwest of Macau, slowly moving towards the western coast of Guangdong province, the local observatory announced.
According to a statement by the Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), "Signal No. 3 will remain in effect during the day."
An SMG spokesperson had said yesterday evening that there was a "growing possibility of hoisting Signal No. 8" today.
However, the local observatory said this afternoon that the hoisting of Signal No. 8 was "low".
Signal No. 3 means that under the influence of a tropical cyclone winds with a sustained speed of 41 to 62 km/h are expected to be blowing and gusts may exceed 110 km/h in Macau, according to the bureau's tropical cyclone warning system.
Signal No. 8 indicates that under the influence of a tropical cyclone winds with a sustained speed of 63 to 117 km/h are expected to be blowing and gusts may exceed 180 km/h in Macau.
According to Macau's meteorologists, "under the influence of outer rainbands, occasionally there will be strong and heavy showers in Macau during the daytime," urging the public to pay close attention to the possibility of flooding in low-lying areas caused by the downpours.
The weather station also said that as Cempaka will "linger" on the west coast of Guangdong in the next two or three days, therefore its track was "still uncertain".
