CANCELLING OF TC SIGNALS (URGENT)


 

TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING BULLETIN
 
HERE IS THE LATEST TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING BULLETIN ISSUED
BY THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY.
 
ALL SIGNALS WERE CANCELLED AT 8:20 P.M.
 
AT 8 P.M., THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA WAS CENTRED ABOUT 680
KILOMETRES SOUTHWEST OF HONG KONG (NEAR 17.8 DEGREES NORTH
109.7 DEGREES EAST) AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST
AT ABOUT 15 KILOMETRES PER HOUR IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF
THE VICINITY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF HAINAN ISLAND.

 

UNDER THE COMBINED EFFECT OF THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
OVER SOUTHEASTERN CHINA AND THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION, LOCAL
WINDS WILL BE STRONG OFFSHORE AND ON HIGH GROUND TONIGHT
AND AT FIRST TOMORROW. THE OUTER RAINBANDS OF THE TROPICAL
DEPRESSION WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SHOWERS AND SQUALLY
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE TERRITORY. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES. SEAS WILL BE ROUGH WITH SWELLS. MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC ARE ADVISED TO STAY AWAY FROM THE SHORELINE AND NOT
TO ENGAGE IN WATER SPORTS.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 20:22 HKT ON 17.08.2025