Hurricane Pepito exits Luzon landmass however nonetheless bringing winds, rain

Although Hurricane Pepito (Man-yi) is now not over land, Sign Nos. 1 to 4 are nonetheless raised and reasonable to intense rain will nonetheless hit elements of Luzon

MANILA, Philippines – Hurricane Pepito (Man-yi), a brilliant storm at its peak, left the landmass of Luzon on Sunday night, November 17, however was nonetheless close to the coast of La Union and Pangasinan.

As of 10 pm on Sunday, Pepito was already over the coastal waters of San Fernando, La Union, nonetheless transferring west northwest at 25 kilometers per hour (km/h).

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Companies Administration (PAGASA) stated in a briefing previous 11 pm that the storm additional weakened, with its most sustained winds all the way down to 155 km/h from 165 km/h. Its gustiness additionally eased to as much as 255 km/h from 275 km/h.

Although Pepito is now not over land, Sign Nos. 1 to 4 are nonetheless raised for a lot of areas given the scale of the storm.

Sign No. 4

Hurricane-force winds (118 to 184 km/h), important to extreme menace to life and property

• southern a part of Ilocos Sur (Alilem, Sugpon, Suyo, Santa Cruz, Tagudin, Candon Metropolis, Santa Lucia, Salcedo, Galimuyod, Cervantes, Sigay)
• La Union
• northern a part of Pangasinan (Sison, Tayug, Binalonan, San Manuel, Asingan, San Quintin, Santa Maria, Natividad, San Nicolas, Balungao, Pozorrubio, Laoac, San Jacinto, San Fabian, Manaoag, Urdaneta Metropolis, Rosales, Umingan, Mangaldan, Mapandan, Villasis, Santo Tomas, Dagupan Metropolis, Anda, Bolinao, Bani, Alaminos Metropolis, Lingayen, Binmaley, Sual, Labrador)
• Benguet
• southwestern a part of Ifugao (Tinoc, Asipulo)
• western a part of Nueva Vizcaya (Bayombong, Ambaguio, Villaverde, Kayapa, Santa Fe, Aritao, Bambang, Solano)
• northern a part of Nueva Ecija (Lupao, Carranglan)

Sign No. 3

Storm-force winds (89 to 117 km/h), reasonable to important menace to life and property

• remainder of Ilocos Sur
• remainder of Pangasinan
• southern a part of Abra (Tubo, Luba, Pilar, Villaviciosa, San Isidro, Pidigan, Langiden, San Quintin, Bangued, Manabo, Boliney, Peñarrubia, Bucloc, Sallapadan, Bucay)
• southern a part of Kalinga (Pasil, Tanudan, Lubuagan, Tinglayan)
• Mountain Province
• remainder of Ifugao
• southern a part of Isabela (Ramon, Santiago Metropolis, Cordon, San Agustin, Jones, Echague, San Isidro, San Mateo, Alicia)
• Quirino
• remainder of Nueva Vizcaya
• northern a part of Tarlac (Paniqui, La Paz, Moncada, Tarlac Metropolis, Gerona, Pura, San Clemente, Santa Ignacia, Victoria, Camiling, Ramos, San Manuel, Anao)
• central a part of Nueva Ecija (Talavera, Santo Domingo, Zaragoza, Guimba, Aliaga, Cabanatuan Metropolis, Quezon, Santa Rosa, Nampicuan, Licab, Palayan Metropolis, Common Mamerto Natividad, Laur, San Jose Metropolis, Pantabangan, Science Metropolis of Muñoz, Rizal, Llanera, Bongabon, Talugtug, Cuyapo)
• central a part of Aurora (Maria Aurora, Dipaculao, Baler, Dinalungan)

Sign No. 2

Gale-force winds (62 to 88 km/h), minor to reasonable menace to life and property

• Ilocos Norte
• southern a part of Apayao (Conner, Kabugao)
• remainder of Abra
• remainder of Kalinga
• southwestern a part of Cagayan (Enrile, Tuao, Solana, Tuguegarao Metropolis, Piat, Rizal)
• western, central, and southern elements of Isabela (Santo Tomas, Aurora, Santa Maria, Quezon, San Mariano, Naguilian, Dinapigue, Roxas, San Guillermo, Luna, Delfin Albano, Cauayan Metropolis, Ilagan Metropolis, Angadanan, Benito Soliven, Tumauini, Cabagan, Reina Mercedes, San Manuel, Cabatuan, Quirino, Gamu, Mallig, Burgos)
• remainder of Aurora
• Zambales
• remainder of Tarlac
• remainder of Nueva Ecija
• Pampanga
• northern a part of Bulacan (San Ildefonso, San Miguel, Doña Remedios Trinidad, San Rafael, Baliuag, Pulilan, Calumpit)

Sign No. 1

Robust winds (39 to 61 km/h), minimal to minor menace to life and property

• remainder of mainland Cagayan
• remainder of Isabela
• remainder of Apayao
• Bataan
• remainder of Bulacan
• Metro Manila
• Rizal
• Cavite
• Laguna
• northern a part of Quezon (Infanta, Lucban, Sampaloc, Dolores, Common Nakar, Actual, Mauban) together with Polillo Islands
• northern a part of Batangas (Calaca Metropolis, Lian, Tuy, Balayan, Talisay, Agoncillo, Santo Tomas, Lemery, Tanauan Metropolis, Mataasnakahoy, Balete, Nasugbu, San Nicolas, Laurel, Malvar)

The best tropical cyclone wind sign raised on account of Pepito was Sign No. 5.

The storm is now not anticipated to set off intense to torrential rain within the coming hours, however the next provinces will nonetheless have reasonable to heavy or heavy to intense rain:

• Heavy to intense rain (100-200 millimeters): La Union, Pangasinan, Aurora, Quirino, Nueva Ecija, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Nueva Vizcaya
• Average to heavy rain (50-100 mm): Bulacan, Cagayan, Apayao, Abra, Ilocos Sur, Pampanga, Isabela, Ilocos Norte, Tarlac, Zambales

As well as, there may be nonetheless a excessive threat of “life-threatening” storm surges “with peak surge heights exceeding 3 meters” within the Ilocos Area, southeastern mainland Cagayan, Isabela, Central Luzon, Metro Manila, Cavite, Quezon (jap coast) together with Polillo Islands, and Camarines Norte inside 48 hours. View the map under, and examine the listing of particular cities and municipalities right here.

Pepito made landfall twice as a brilliant storm — first in Panganiban, Catanduanes, at 9:40 pm on Saturday, November 16, then in Dipaculao, Aurora, at 3:20 pm on Sunday. It had most sustained winds of 195 km/h throughout its first landfall — its peak depth — and 185 km/h throughout its second landfall.

From Aurora, Pepito crossed Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Benguet, and La Union. Over the West Philippine Sea, it may additional weaken on account of “an incoming northeasterly wind surge,” PAGASA stated.

The storm might exit the Philippine Space of Duty by Monday morning or midday.

PAGASA launched an up to date outlook for sea situations within the subsequent 24 hours.

As much as very tough or excessive seas (journey is dangerous for all vessels)

• Seaboards of Aurora and Isabela – waves as much as 7 meters excessive
• Jap seaboard of mainland Cagayan; seaboards of Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur – waves as much as 5.5 meters excessive
• Seaboard of northern mainland Quezon; northern and jap seaboards of Polillo Islands – waves as much as 5 meters excessive
• Seaboards of La Union and Pangasinan – waves as much as 4.5 meters excessive

As much as tough seas (small vessels mustn’t enterprise out to sea)

• Seaboard of Babuyan Islands; remaining seaboard of mainland Cagayan – waves as much as 4 meters excessive
• Northern seaboard of Camarines Norte; seaboard of Batanes – waves as much as 3.5 meters excessive
• Western seaboard of Zambales; northern and jap seaboards of Catanduanes; northern seaboard of Camarines Sur – waves as much as 3 meters excessive

As much as reasonable seas (small vessels ought to take precautionary measures or keep away from crusing, if attainable)

• Jap seaboard of Quezon together with the remainder of Polillo Islands; remaining seaboards of Catanduanes; northern and jap seaboards of Northern Samar; jap seaboard of Albay; western seaboard of Bataan – waves as much as 2.5 meters excessive
• Western seaboard of Lubang Islands, Batangas, and Occidental Mindoro; jap seaboards of Camarines Sur, Sorsogon, Jap Samar and Dinagat Islands; northern and western seaboards of Calamian Islands – waves as much as 2 meters excessive

The climate bureau additionally reiterated that wave heights in affected seaboards are “not associated to storm surge heights or inundation.”

Pepito is the Philippines’ sixteenth tropical cyclone for 2024. It is usually the fourth tropical cyclone for November alone, after Marce (Yinxing), Nika (Toraji), and Ofel (Usagi).

Counting from October 21 to current — beginning with Kristine (Trami) and Leon (Kong-rey) — Pepito is already the nation’s sixth tropical cyclone in lower than a month. – Rappler.com