The city’s local forecaster has said it will consider raising Strong Wind Signal, No. 3 (aka T3) as Typhoon Man-yi approaches the SAR. The Hong Kong Observatory hoisted Standby Signal, No. 1 — also called T1 — on Monday morning, which will remain in force until at least 10am on Tuesday. Authorities have said the chances of issuing T3 are relatively low, and may happen only if “Man-yi adopts a more northerly track or edges closer to the coast of Guangdong with a higher intensity.”
Under the dual effect of Typhoon Man-yi and the northeast monsoon, Hong Kong will experience windy and rainy weather over the next couple of days. Temperatures will fall to 18 degrees Celsius on Wednesday and Thursday, but will gradually increase over the course of the week. The weekend is expected to be partly cloudy with sunny intervals, with temperatures ranging between 20 and 24 degrees.
Last week, the city’s meteorological body issued T8 when Typhoon Toraji came within 400km of the SAR, which brought unsettled weather to Hong Kong and resulted in schools closing on Thursday and public transport going into restricted mode. The previous weekend, Typhoon Yinxing came within 400km of the territory, for which the observatory raised T3.
The observatory expected that 5-8 cyclones would hit the city this year, but only three typhoons had impacted the SAR as of September 2024 — Tropical Storm Maliksi for which T3 was issued, Severe Tropical Storm Prapiroon for which T1 was hoisted, and Super Typhoon Yagi. However, in late August, experts predicted that 3-5 tropical more cyclones may come within 500km of Hong Kong during the rest of the year.
Read our explainer on Hong Kong’s tropical cyclone and rainstorm warning signals. For more weather updates, visit the Hong Kong Observatory website.
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