On the 18th June, 2008, a tropical depression located nearby to the southeast of the Philippines over the western Pacific and was moving slowly to the west. At 8 a.m. of the 19th, it developed into a tropical storm (9.6¢XN, 131.3¢XE, central pressure 1000 hPa) and was name ¡§Fengshen¡¨ (0806) moving westwards at 6 km/h with its maximum sustained wind near the center 65 km/h.
At 8 p.m. the next day, the tropical storm further strengthened into a severe tropical storm (10.0¢XN, 129.1¢XE, central pressure 985 hPa) at the southeast of the Philippines and was continuously moving to the west at 13 km/h with its maximum sustained wind near the center 111 km/h.
¡§Fengshen¡¨ intensified again into a typhoon to the east of the Philippines at 2 a.m. On the 21st (11.6¢XN, 123.5¢XE, central pressure 973 hPa) and was moving west-southwestwards at 11 km/h with its maximum sustained wind near the center 119 km/h. In the following two days, ¡§Fengshen¡¨ crossed the central Philippines and slightly weakened over its islands; until the night on 22nd, it moved away from the Philippines and turned to a generally north-northwesterly track entering the South China Sea.
After entering within about 800 km of Macao, a stand by signal no. 1 was hoisted by the SMG at 9:30 a.m. On the 23rd; at that moment, ¡§Fengshen¡¨ located about 720 km southeast of Macao (17.1¢XN, 117.8¢XE, central pressure 973 hPa) and was moving with velocity 20 km/h towards the northwest with its maximum sustained wind near the center 119 km/h.
At 2 a.m. On24th, ¡§Fengshen¡¨ weakened into a severe tropical storm (18.7¢XN, 116.3¢XE, central pressure 981 hPa) with its maximum sustained wind near the center 106 km/h and was moving northwards at 11km/h. At 10:30 that night, severe tropical storm ¡§Fengshen¡¨ was getting closer to Macao, located at about 160 km east-southeast of Macao (21.4¢XN, 114.8¢XE, central pressure 987 hPa), moving north-northwestwards at 15 km/h and was going a step further to the eastern coast of the Pearl River Estuary; due to the circumstance that local winds strengthened, stand by signal no.1 was hence replaced by a strong wind signal No.3.
Until the early morning of 25th, ¡§Fengshen¡¨ made a landfall nearby to the east of Hong Kong over Shenzhen and further weakened due to the influence of topography friction to a tropical storm. After confirming that the threat to Macao by ¡§Fengshen¡¨ has ceased, all typhoon warnings were lowered at 6:30 that evening.
At 2 a.m. On 26th, ¡§Fengshen¡¨ further weakened nearby to the southeast of China and dissipated gradually.
Record of tropical cyclone signal hoisting:
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DATE
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TIME
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HOISTED SIGNAL
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23/JUN
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09:30
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No.1
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24/JUN
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22:30
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No.3
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25/JUN
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18:30
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All signals were lowered
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