Standby Signal No 1 to be issued Wednesday evening
The observatory says it will issue the Standby Signal No 1 on Wednesday evening as Super Typhoon Saola moves towards the SAR.  The weather forecaster said the storm may edge closer to the Pearl River Estuary on Friday and Saturday, bringing wind and squally showers to Hong Kong. "There are still quite a lot of variables over the track and intensity going forward, because it will be affected by a northeast monsoon," said acting senior scientific officer Kong Yu-chau. "The storm may make landfall over Guangdong or it can move westwards across the coastal waters of the province. So there's still a certain degree of uncertainty," he said on an RTHK programme. Kong said if Saola makes landfall to the east of the SAR, the territory will be shielded by the hills and winds may not be very strong. But if the typhoon moves westwards and skirts Hong Kong to the south, the weather would be worse and the winds stronger, he said.  Kong added that because the storm is still quite far from Hong Kong, Wednesday and Thursday will see relatively good weather.