At least 45 areas, mostly in Luzon, remain under Signal Nos. 2 and 1 as Severe Tropical Storm “Kristine” (international name “Trami”) maintained its strength while slowly moving over Lingayen Gulf late Thursday evening, Oct. 24.
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00:00As of 10 in the evening,
00:02the coastal waters of the town of Bulinao in Pangasinan
00:05witnessed the center of this severe tropical storm, Christine.
00:09It remains at 95 km per hour,
00:11close to its center,
00:13and there is still an uptick of up to 145 km per hour.
00:17It should be noted that this storm, Christine,
00:20was very slow to move since earlier this afternoon,
00:23so we still hope that most of Luzon,
00:26especially the western sides of Ilocos,
00:29the central part of Luzon,
00:32and even here in southern Luzon,
00:34the other side of Metro Manila,
00:36the outer rain bands associated with this storm, Christine, are visible.
00:42Based on the latest forecast,
00:44it is expected that within the next 24 hours,
00:46it will move away from our land
00:48until the Philippine Area of Responsibility
00:51is released later in the afternoon or early evening,
00:53the center of this storm, Christine.
00:56However, given the width of this storm, Christine,
00:59with a radius of around 700 to 750 km,
01:02with a diameter of around 1,400 km,
01:06a large portion of Luzon will still be exposed to strong winds
01:10for the next one to two days.
01:13We are still seeing this as a severe tropical storm.
01:17There is a strong storm, categorically,
01:20and it may continue to move away from our land,
01:24but we can see here in our latest track
01:27that by Sunday, it will slow down
01:30and by Monday to Tuesday,
01:33it will return in the opposite direction.
01:35It will return in the direction of Luzon,
01:37this storm, Christine.
01:39We can see that it may enter or approach our land
01:43and we have not yet analyzed the chance
01:46that it will return to our Philippine Area of Responsibility.
01:49It is still possible for this storm, Christine, to change tracks
01:52so please stay tuned for our updates.
01:57Meanwhile, aside from the storm, Christine,
01:59we are still monitoring two weather disturbances
02:02outside our Area of Responsibility over the Pacific Ocean.
02:06One of them is the low-pressure area that was formed just yesterday
02:10and is located 2,520 km east of Visayas.
02:15There is still a small chance that this will be a storm.
02:17Meanwhile, the low-pressure area earlier today
02:20became a tropical depression as of 8 in the evening.
02:25Last night, it was 2,045 km east of Mindanao
02:30and there was an increase of 55 km per hour near the center.
02:34These two weather disturbances are far from our land
02:38and there is no direct effect expected within two days.
02:42We can see the scenario that this low-pressure area
02:45is possible to become a trough or just a part
02:47of the tropical depression below
02:49and the tropical depression that will slowly approach our land.
02:55Based on the Tropical Cyclone Threat Potential Forecast,
02:59from now until Wednesday,
03:02the storm will continue to move west-northwest.
03:05While it is slowly getting stronger,
03:07we are not taking away the chance of it becoming a severe tropical storm or typhoon
03:11when it enters our Philippine Area of Responsibility
03:14either late Saturday until Sunday morning.
03:20Then when Wednesday arrives,
03:22until next weekend,
03:24we can see that the storm will move slowly
03:26here in the North Philippine Sea
03:28of this incoming storm that we will call the Lion Storm.
03:31And we can see that there will be a peak or recurvature.
03:34The movement will be slow,
03:35close to the extreme northern zone
03:37when it arrives late next week.
03:39When the weekend arrives,
03:40it will move in the direction of the eastern part of Taiwan
03:43and the Philippine Area of Responsibility may move out next weekend.
03:48We can also see that,
03:49based on our Tropical Cyclone Threat Potential Forecast,
03:53the storm Christine may approach one by one
03:56while it is still outside and will enter our Area of Responsibility next week
04:00and this storm that we will call the Lion Storm.
04:02So we are not taking away the chance
04:04that there will be an interaction,
04:05what is called the Fuji Water Effect,
04:07when their distances reach less than 1,400 kilometers
04:12and if it still remains,
04:14it is still in the Tropical Storm category.
04:17So we are always on alert.
04:18There is a high chance that our scenario will change
04:21regarding these two storms.
04:26For now, the Tropical Cyclone Wind Signals
04:28are still No. 2 and No. 1
04:30in a large part of Luzon and Visayas.
04:32There are still strong gusts of wind.
04:35Signal No. 2 in Cagayan,
04:36as well as in Isabela,
04:37Quirino,
04:38Nueva Vizcaya,
04:40as well as in Apayao,
04:41Calinga,
04:42Abra,
04:43Ifugao,
04:44Mountain Province,
04:45and Benguet,
04:46up to Ilocos Region,
04:47from Ilocos Norte,
04:48Ilocos Sur,
04:49La Union,
04:50and Pangasinan,
04:51there is Signal No. 2.
04:52Also in Aurora,
04:53Nueva Ecija,
04:55Tarlac,
04:56Zambales,
04:57Bataan,
04:58Pampanga,
04:59Bulacan,
05:00Metro Manila,
05:01returning to Signal No. 2.
05:03Also in the northern part of Cavite,
05:05northern part of Rizal,
05:07and the town of General Nacaro,
05:09in the mainland, Quezon.
05:12Signal No. 1 in Batanes,
05:14also in the northern part of Rizal and Cavite,
05:17whole Batangas,
05:18Signal No. 1 for now,
05:19also in the northern part of Quezon,
05:22Occidental and Oriental Mindoro,
05:24Marinduque,
05:25Romblon,
05:26northern part of mainland Palawan,
05:28Calamian,
05:29Cuyo,
05:30and Calayan Islands.
05:32And we also have Signal No. 1
05:34in Camarines Norte,
05:35Camarines Sur,
05:36Catanduanes,
05:37Albay,
05:38also in Sosogon,
05:39Masbate,
05:40Aklan,
05:41Capiz,
05:42Antique,
05:43Iloilo,
05:44Bantayan Islands,
05:46up to the western portion of northern Samar,
05:49and northern portion of Samar
05:51is still affected by the radius
05:53or the width of the storm Christine,
05:55so there are still winds.
05:57Signal No. 1,
05:58direct effect of the storm.
06:01This is the place where there will be
06:03heavy to torrential storms
06:05in the next 24 hours,
06:07especially now in the early morning.
06:09We have a torrential range
06:11or more than 200 mm of possible rain
06:13in the next 24 hours
06:15over La Union,
06:16Pangasinan,
06:17Zambales,
06:18Cavite,
06:19and Batangas
06:20because of the storm Christine
06:22and its outer rain
06:23as we saw in our latest satellite animation.
06:26Heavy to intense rain
06:28in the next 12 hours
06:30here in Bataan,
06:31Metro Manila,
06:32Rizal,
06:33and Occidental Mindoro,
06:35while moderate to heavy rains
06:37will be experienced in the next hours
06:39in Cordillera Region,
06:40remaining part of Ilocos Region,
06:42rest of Central Luzon,
06:44rest of Calabarzon,
06:45rest of Mimaropa,
06:47Antique,
06:48Aklan,
06:49and Negros Occidental.
06:51These are the places where
06:52we will most likely have heavy rainfall warnings,
06:54whether it's red, orange, or yellow,
06:57so we will continue to remind you
06:59to be careful of flood risks
07:02in the mentioned areas.
07:04The rest of Luzon,
07:05the rest of Visayas,
07:06and some portions of Mindanao,
07:07Zamboanga Peninsula,
07:09Lanao Provinces,
07:10and Misamis Occidental
07:11will also have a high chance of rain
07:13because of the so-called trough
07:15or the outer portion of this storm Christine,
07:18so be careful of heavy rains and thunderstorms
07:20that can cause floods and landslides.
07:25We will continue to remind our countrymen
07:27that we will only have rain for a few days,
07:29so there is still a high chance
07:31that we will have floods in the low-lying areas,
07:33especially the areas where the soil is saturated,
07:36and there is also a high chance
07:38that we will have floods
07:40or landslides,
07:41especially those coming from high places,
07:43from mountainous areas,
07:45and we're talking of mountainous regions,
07:47there is also a high chance
07:48that there will be landslides,
07:50especially in the northern Luzon
07:52and some parts of the central and southern Luzon.
07:57For those areas that are not directly affected
08:01by the Christine storm,
08:03we still have gusts for the next two days,
08:06over Mimaropa on Friday,
08:09as well as Bicol Region,
08:10Buong Visayas,
08:11Dinagat Islands,
08:12Surigao del Norte,
08:13Northern Mindanao,
08:14Zamboanga Peninsula,
08:16Bangsamoro Region,
08:17a large part of Soxargene,
08:19and even Davao Region.
08:20When it comes to Saturday,
08:22even though the Christine storm is far away
08:25on our land,
08:26there are still strong to gale force gusts
08:29or landslides
08:30in Mimaropa,
08:31Bicol Region,
08:32Western Visayas,
08:34Negros Island Region,
08:35Zamboanga del Norte,
08:37Siquijor,
08:38Bohol,
08:39Camiguin,
08:40Surigao del Norte,
08:41and Dinagat Islands.
08:44When it comes to waves,
08:45there will be sea travels
08:46for the next few days.
08:48We still have gale warning
08:49up to 8.5 meters
08:51here in the northern and western seaboards
08:53of Luzon
08:54due to the Christine storm
08:56and its slow movement.
08:58We have high waves
08:59in Batanes,
09:00Northern Cagayan,
09:01Ilocos Norte,
09:02Ilocos Sur,
09:03La Union,
09:04Pababa ng Pangasinan,
09:05up to Aurora,
09:07Zambales,
09:08Bataan,
09:09Baybay in Cavite,
09:10Batangas,
09:11and Lubang Islands.
09:12The waves are dangerous.
09:15We also have waves
09:16up to 6 meters high
09:18in the eastern coast of Cagayan,
09:20as well as Isabela,
09:21Quezon,
09:22Pulilio Islands,
09:24Metro Manila,
09:25Pulacan,
09:26Mainland Occidental Mindoro,
09:28as well as the northern coast of Palawan,
09:30including Calamian,
09:31Cuyo,
09:32and Cagayansilio Islands.
09:35We also have waves
09:36up to 4.5 meters
09:37or one and a half meters
09:38below the house
09:39with high waves
09:40here in Baybay
09:41in Camarines Norte,
09:42Camarines Sur,
09:43Catanduanes,
09:44Oriental Mindoro,
09:46Baybay in Marinduque,
09:47Romblon,
09:48Buryas Island,
09:49Aklan,
09:50up to Antique,
09:51Capiz,
09:52Iloilo,
09:53Guimaras,
09:54Negros Occidental,
09:56and the southwestern coast
09:57of Negros Oriental.
10:00Lastly,
10:01in coastal areas
10:02near the waves,
10:04there is still a possibility
10:05of daluyong
10:06or storm surge
10:07that is called
10:08one to two meters
10:09in the villages
10:10of Ilocos Sur,
10:11La Union,
10:12Pangasinan,
10:13and Northern Zambales.
10:14It is still possible
10:15for the water
10:16from the sea
10:17to enter your homes.
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