A Dramatic Approach of Pabuk

This is my weather report yesterday: (August 8^th)

It was surprising that typhoon signal No.1 was hoisted this morning and the spokesman from the Hong Kong Observatory said that signal No.3 would be hoisted soon. According to the weather chart, Typhoon Pabuk will move westward towards Hong Kong from South Taiwan. The expected movement of the typhoon indicated that it would pass Hong Kong.

At this moment, the sky looks grey and dull. The air smells stuffy and at the same time, the temperature is as high as 34 degrees. Since Shatin was a valley which looks like a wok for cooking, we are now like the meat inside being heated up. Very soon when weather turns bad, strong winds and rain will sweep the wok and stir everything up!

This is my weather report today: (August 9^th)

I expect to hear the sound of gusty winds, the splashing of rain on the windows during the night. In fact, the night passed peacefully and I slept soundly. I never believe that the typhoon Pabuk was weakening overnight and became just a puff of air from one of our mouths.

“What a direct hit to Hong Kong!” came to my mind when I looked at the expected route of this typhoon of a chart from the Hong Kong Observatory yesterday afternoon. Typhoon Signal No.3 was hoisted after midnight. The typhoon was very near, just 30 km away but it gave no harm to our SAR.

The truth is: Pabuk weakens because there is another typhoon, Wutip, following it from behind. The big typhoon drives the small one away.