Despite Christmas inching ever closer, apparently we might not be done with typhoons this year (or should we say the typhoons aren’t done with us?).
According to the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO), we may be in for a (mild) tropical cyclone next week, which would be the first late November typhoon the city’s seen in 66 years, Yahoo! reports.
Based on its current path, Tropical Cyclone Tokage (or “Marce” in the Philippines) looks like it might brush past Hong Kong around late Sunday/early Monday.
Screenshot: Hong Kong Observatory
Depending on how close it gets, the HKO may consider raising the T1 standby signal. Currently, we’re expecting sunny periods interspersed with showers on Monday, with temperatures ranging from 15 to 18 degrees Celsius.
As of 5pm today, Tokage was just over 800 kilometres away, in the southeastern part of the Philippines, and is expected to move west or west-northwest at around 20 kilometres per hour.
Photo via Hong Kong Economic Times
However, the Hong Kong Economic Times reports that Tokage’s predicted movements have varied across different weather forecasters.
According to Yahoo!, the last time Hong Kong was hit by a typhoon in late November was in 1950. The latest typhoon recorded in the city took place on Dec. 1, 1974, when a Strong Wind Signal No. 3 was hoisted.
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