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Tropical Storm Ofel (Usagi) is anticipated to cross the southern a part of Taiwan following its reentry into the Philippine Space of Duty on Friday night, November 15. Taiwan is inside PAR.
MANILA, Philippines – Ofel (Usagi) weakened from a extreme tropical storm right into a tropical storm on Friday night, November 15, and reentered the Philippine Space of Duty (PAR) at 10 pm.
Ofel was final noticed 220 kilometers west northwest of Itbayat, Batanes, as of 10 pm. The tropical storm slowed down additional, transferring north at solely 10 kilometers per hour from 15 km/h.
Its most sustained winds eased from 100 km/h to 85 km/h, whereas its gustiness is now as much as 105 km/h from 125 km/h.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Companies Administration (PAGASA) mentioned in its 11 pm bulletin that Ofel might cross the southern a part of Taiwan and emerge over the ocean east of Taiwan till Saturday night, November 16.
Ofel can also additional weaken “as a result of more and more unfavorable atmosphere and interplay with the mountainous terrain of Taiwan,” PAGASA mentioned. By Sunday night or earlier, Ofel might be downgraded to a remnant low.
Regardless of its reentry into PAR, Ofel will now not trigger vital rain in any a part of the nation. In the course of the peak of the hurricane’s onslaught, rain in Northern Luzon had reached torrential ranges.
Sign No. 1 in Itbayat, Batanes, has additionally been lifted as of 11 pm, so there aren’t any extra areas below a tropical cyclone wind sign. The very best wind sign raised resulting from Ofel was Sign No. 5.
At its peak, Ofel was a brilliant hurricane with most sustained winds of 185 km/h, reaching this class early Thursday morning, November 14. However hours later, it was downgraded to a hurricane, earlier than it made landfall in Baggao, Cagayan, at 1:30 pm that day.
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In the meantime, for sea circumstances within the subsequent 24 hours, average to tough seas will persist in sure seaboards.
As much as tough seas (small vessels shouldn’t enterprise out to sea)
- Seaboard of Batanes – waves as much as 3 meters excessive
As much as average seas (small vessels ought to take precautionary measures or keep away from crusing, if doable)
- Seaboard of Babuyan Islands – waves as much as 2.5 meters excessive
- Seaboards of mainland Cagayan, northern seaboard of Ilocos Norte – waves as much as 2 meters excessive
Ofel is the Philippines’ fifteenth tropical cyclone for 2024, and the third for November, after Marce (Yinxing) and Nika (Toraji), which each peaked as typhoons and pummeled Northern Luzon.
Apart from Ofel, PAGASA is monitoring Hurricane Pepito (Man-yi). – Rappler.com
