T8 and T9

A T1 was still called last night with a T3 not being called until nearly 9pm.
Therefore it seemed unlikely that theT8 warnings would go up overnight.
This morning our alarm was set for 6am and we woke to a T3 warning still in place - boohoo. That means work.

However, by 6.30am the pre-8 warning was issued. That means that a T8 will be hoisted within 2 hours. (Warning was traditionally, and is still given, with flag patterns of white and green, hence the "hoisted", luckily we have TV and internet as well now!)

A pre-8 means school will be closed. T8 went up at 8am and we went back to bed!

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Afternoon
A few minutes ago the T9 signal was raised.

This means that winds are expected to increase
significantly as Nuri moves closer to Hong Kong

This is the link to the info...
http://www.hko.gov.hk/wxinfo/currwx/tce20080822134526.htm