The low-pressure area (LPA) that entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) early Saturday has intensified into a tropical depression and has been named 'Nika', the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) announced.
In its 11 a.m. bulletin, PAGASA reported that Nika was located 1,145 kilometers east of Southeastern Luzon, carrying maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 70 kph. The tropical depression is currently moving westward at a speed of 30 kph.
PAGASA raised Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 over Catanduanes.
'Nika' is expected to gradually intensify and may reach severe tropical storm status by Monday, ahead of a potential landfall.
In its 11 a.m. bulletin, PAGASA reported that Nika was located 1,145 kilometers east of Southeastern Luzon, carrying maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 70 kph. The tropical depression is currently moving westward at a speed of 30 kph.
PAGASA raised Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 over Catanduanes.
'Nika' is expected to gradually intensify and may reach severe tropical storm status by Monday, ahead of a potential landfall.
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00:00This is a low-pressure area that we are watching,
00:03there was a typhoon at 8 a.m. and we called it Nica.
00:09Its location at 10 a.m. was 1,145 kilometers east of Southeastern Luzon.
00:17There was a strong wind of 55 kilometers per hour
00:20and a storm of 70 kilometers per hour.
00:23And its movement was westward at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour.
00:29Meanwhile, this is our satellite imagery.
00:31We also have other weather systems that I can see.
00:34Let's start with this former typhoon Marse
00:37that is already outside our Philippine Area of Responsibility
00:41and there is no direct effect on any part of our country.
00:45Meanwhile, we also have a low-pressure area
00:48that is being watched outside our Philippine Area of Responsibility
00:52and it was the last to pass the 2,700-kilometer-east line of Northeastern Mindanao.
00:59For now, it is a medium chance that it will be a one-off typhoon
01:03or it is possible that it will be a one-off typhoon within the next 24 to 48 hours.
01:09But let's start with this typhoon that we are watching, Nica.
01:13In terms of wind, we already have Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 here in Mey, Catanduanes.
01:19We also expect that the highest possible Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal
01:24because it is not with Nica is Signal No. 3.
01:28In terms of the rainfall that this typhoon Nica brought,
01:32tomorrow noon until Monday noon,
01:34we expect moderate to heavy or 50 to 100 millimeters of rain
01:39here in Cagayan, Isabela, Aurora, Quezon, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, and Catanduanes.
01:47We also expect possible floods and landslides.
01:53By Monday noon and Tuesday noon,
01:55we expect intense to torrential rain
01:59because of Nica's approach to the Philippine landmass.
02:04Here, we expect intense to torrential or over 200 millimeters of rain
02:09here in Cagayan, Apayao, and Isabela.
02:12We expect widespread incidents of floods and landslides.
02:18Heavy to intense here in Abra, Calinga, Mountain Province, and Aurora.
02:24Moderate to heavy here in Ipugao and Quirino, or 50 to 100 millimeters of rain.
02:31We urge our countrymen to check our social media pages
02:38and listen to our local government units.
02:42For Nica's track, by 24 hours or by November 10, 8 a.m.,
02:49it will be a tropical storm and its location is 650 kilometers east of Infanta, Quezon.
02:58By 48 hours prior to landfall, it will intensify
03:02and it will be a severe tropical storm.
03:06Its possible location is 190 kilometers east of Valer, Aurora.
03:12By 72 hours, it will still be a severe tropical storm
03:17but it will be outside the Philippine landmass.
03:21We expect its location to be 170 kilometers west of Bacnotan, La Union.
03:27By 96 hours, it will be outside the Philippine area of responsibility.
03:33By November 13, Wednesday, we expect it to come out.
03:38What do we expect in terms of wind?
03:41Even though there is no tropical cyclone wind signal
03:45in Batanes, Northern Cagayan, along with Babuyan Islands and Ilocos Norte,
03:52we still expect strong winds.
03:58We still haven't received any gale warnings from any seaboards in our country
04:03but we expect that tomorrow morning or in the afternoon,
04:08we will receive a gale warning, especially here in the eastern section of our country.
04:13But for now, because of the Nica storm,
04:16we expect up to 3 meters of waves here in the northern and eastern seaboards of Catanduanes
04:24and seaboards of Calayaan Islands.
04:26Up to 2.5 meters here in the seaboards of Isabela, Northern Aurora, Camarines Norte,
04:33northern and eastern seaboards of Polilio Island, Northern Samar,
04:38northern seaboards of Camarines Sur, and eastern seaboards of Albay and Sor Sugod.
04:43Up to 2 meters here in the southern part of the seaboards of Cagayan Valley,
04:48seaboards of Ilocos Region, western seaboard of Zambales, Bataan,
04:52Lubang Island, occidental Mindoro, Calamian Islands,
04:57mainland Palawan, eastern seaboard of Camarines Sur, eastern Samar, and Dinagat Islands.