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Tropical Storm Leon (Kong-rey) has most sustained winds of 65 km/h as of early Sunday, October 27
MANILA, Philippines – Tropical Storm Leon (Kong-rey) maintained its power over the Philippine Sea earlier than daybreak on Sunday, October 27.
Leon nonetheless has most sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour, mentioned the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Providers Administration (PAGASA) in its 5 am bulletin on Sunday. Its gustiness is as much as 80 km/h.
The tropical storm was final noticed 1,195 kilometers east of Central Luzon at 4 am, transferring west at a barely slower 20 km/h from the earlier 25 km/h.
Leon is projected hold transferring west till early Monday morning, October 28, earlier than turning west northwest from Monday morning to early Tuesday morning, October 29. Then it might flip northwest to north northwest and make landfall within the Ryukyu Islands in Okinawa, Japan, early Friday morning, November 1.
Which means it’s prone to keep removed from Philippine landmass, though its monitor should still shift additional westward throughout the cone of chance or cone of uncertainty proven within the picture under.
When it comes to depth, Leon is seen to regularly strengthen inside 24 hours and turn out to be a extreme tropical storm by early Monday morning.
Then “a interval of speedy intensification is prone to occur” from Monday to Wednesday, October 30, with Leon presumably intensifying right into a hurricane on Monday night or early Tuesday morning.
PAGASA mentioned Leon is unlikely to set off heavy rain within the nation, however its outer rainbands may have an effect on excessive Northern Luzon “relying on how shut it will likely be” because it recurves over the Philippine Sea towards Japan.
It might additionally “proceed to affect the southwesterly windflow” initially triggered by Extreme Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami). The southwesterly windflow could trigger rain within the western a part of Southern Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao within the coming days.
Leon might convey winds to some areas, too. Sign No. 1 could also be raised for elements of Cagayan Valley and the northeastern a part of Bicol by Sunday night, to offer these areas 36 hours to organize for sturdy winds.
The best tropical cyclone wind sign because of Leon may very well be Sign No. 2, “relying on how a lot the forecast monitor will shift westward,” PAGASA mentioned.
The climate bureau added that “the wind stream coming in direction of the circulation” of the tropical storm may even convey sturdy to gale-force gusts to the next areas:
Sunday, October 27
- Catanduanes, Northern Samar, Jap Samar, Dinagat Islands
Monday, October 28
- Northern Samar, Romblon, Masbate together with Burias Island and Ticao Island, northern a part of Vintage together with Caluya Islands, Capiz, southern a part of Negros Oriental, Siquijor, southern a part of Bohol, Southern Leyte, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte, Agusan del Norte, Camiguin, Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental, Sarangani, southern a part of Davao del Sur, southern a part of Davao Oriental
Tuesday, October 29
- Batangas, northern a part of Oriental Mindoro, northern a part of Camarines Norte, northern a part of Camarines Sur, northern a part of Catanduanes, Northern Samar, Romblon, Masbate together with Burias Island and Ticao Island, northern a part of Vintage together with Caluya Islands, Capiz, southern a part of Negros Oriental, Siquijor, southern a part of Bohol, Southern Leyte, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte
Within the subsequent 24 hours, as much as average seas are anticipated in these coastal waters:
- Western seaboard of Luzon – waves as much as 3 meters excessive
- Northern and jap seaboards of Northern Luzon; northern and jap seaboards of Catanduanes; northeastern seaboard of Northern Samar; northeastern seaboard of Jap Samar – waves as much as 2.5 meters excessive
- Remaining seaboards of Luzon; seaboards of Visayas; jap and southern seaboards of Mindanao – waves as much as 2 meters excessive
Small vessels ought to take precautionary measures or keep away from crusing, if doable.
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In the meantime, Kristine left the Tropical Cyclone Data Area (TCID), “the biggest and the outermost monitoring area of PAGASA,” at 2 am on Sunday.
Which means the climate bureau will now not be offering info on Kristine, until it returns to the TCID.
PAGASA has mentioned that Kristine might make a U-turn and presumably reenter PAR within the subsequent few days.
Kristine and Leon are the nation’s eleventh and twelfth tropical cyclones for 2024, respectively. They’re additionally the primary and second tropical cyclones for October. – Rappler.com
