Signal No. 1 may be raised due to tropical storm ‘Leon’

Manila Bulletin

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) is likely to issue Wind Signal No. 1 over parts of Cagayan Valley and Bicol Region by Sunday evening, Oct. 27, following the entry of Tropical Storm “Leon” (international name: Kong-rey) into the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Saturday evening, Oct. 26.   In its 5 a.m. bulletin on Sunday, PAGASA said the highest wind signal that may be raised as Leon approaches is Signal No. 2, depending on how much the storm’s forecast track shifts westward.   READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/10/27/signal-no-1-may-be-raised-due-to-tropical-storm-leon   Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin   Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin  Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin  Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin   #ManilaBulletinOnline  #ManilaBulletin  #LatestNews

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00:00Good morning to all of us.

00:02Here is the update on the weather disturbance we are monitoring,

00:05Tropical Storm Leon.

00:08The storm Leon is still maintaining its strength

00:11while the ocean is still being washed away by the Luzon River.

00:14And last but not least,

00:161,195 kilometers east of the central Luzon,

00:20the strength of the wind is still strong,

00:2265 kilometers per hour,

00:24close to the center,

00:25and a gust of wind reaching 80 kilometers per hour.

00:28It is moving at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour.

00:32At the moment, it still has no direct effect

00:35on any part of our country.

00:37Meanwhile, the former Tropical Storm Christine

00:40that we are monitoring

00:41is already outside our monitoring region.

00:44And if it changes track

00:47or if it returns to our area of responsibility,

00:52we will again monitor and update

00:55on this weather disturbance.

00:57Meanwhile, the southwesterly wind flow

01:00that was triggered by Tropical Storm Christine

01:03and is currently being influenced by Tropical Storm Leon,

01:07is the one that is affecting

01:09and has a high chance of rain

01:12here in the northern part of Southern Luzon,

01:14Visayas, and Mindanao.

01:16So be careful for our countrymen

01:19in the possibility of flooding

01:21and landslides.

01:24And according to our latest forecast track analysis

01:28of Tropical Storm Leon,

01:29it will continue to move eastward

01:32until tomorrow early morning

01:34before it moves west-northwestward

01:37by tomorrow until Tuesday early morning.

01:40And then we see that it will start to recurve

01:44and move northwestward to north-northwestward

01:48throughout the forecast period

01:51and it is possible for it to landfall

01:53here in the area of Ryukyu Islands

01:56by Friday early morning.

01:58And the center of Tropical Storm Leon

02:01will remain far from our land

02:03or any part of our land.

02:06But we will notice here in our forecast track

02:09that by Tuesday onwards,

02:11it will be closer to the east

02:14of extreme northern Luzon

02:16where by this time,

02:18the outer rain bands of Tropical Storm Leon

02:20is possible for strong winds

02:23and also for heavy rains

02:25here in the area of extreme northern Luzon

02:28even in some parts of northern Luzon

02:31in the next few days.

02:33And also,

02:34we are not removing the possibility

02:37that in the next few days,

02:39Tropical Storm Leon will continue to move

02:43and if it continues to move,

02:47the area of its outer rain bands

02:49will become larger.

02:52So we will continue to monitor

02:54and continue to follow the updates

02:56that will be released.

02:58Meanwhile,

02:59we can also see that Tropical Storm Leon

03:02will intensify into a severe tropical storm

03:05by tomorrow early morning.

03:08And we can also see the possibility

03:10that it will have a rapid intensification

03:14by tomorrow until Wednesday

03:16where it is possible to reach the typhoon category

03:20by Monday evening or Tuesday early morning.

03:26At the moment,

03:27we do not have a high wind signal

03:29in any part of our country

03:31but while Tropical Storm Leon continues to move

03:35in the ocean,

03:36it is possible for us to have a high wind signal

03:38number one here in portions of Cagayan Valley

03:42even in the northeastern portion of Bicol Region

03:45later in the evening.

03:47And what we can see as the highest wind signal

03:49that we can have during Tropical Storm Leon

03:53inside the park

03:55is wind signal number two.

03:58And aside from this,

04:00today,

04:01we can experience strong winds

04:05in the area of Catanduanes,

04:07Northern Samar,

04:08Eastern Samar,

04:09and Dinagat Islands.

04:10And by tomorrow,

04:11and by Tuesday,

04:13the areas of Southern Luzon,

04:15Visayas,

04:16and Mindanao

04:17will experience strong winds

04:20caused by Tropical Storm Leon.

04:23Meanwhile,

04:24for strong rains,

04:26in our latest analysis,

04:28we did not see or unlikely

04:30that Tropical Storm Leon will cause strong rains

04:33in any part of our country.

04:36But as we mentioned earlier,

04:38if the truck or the vehicle

04:41gets closer,

04:43the movement of Tropical Storm Leon,

04:45and also if it gets closer

04:47by Tuesday onwards

04:49here in the east of Extreme Northern Luzon,

04:51its outer rainbands

04:53will cause rain

04:56in the area of Extreme Northern Luzon

04:58and in some parts of Northern Luzon.

05:01And also,

05:02Tropical Storm Leon continues to influence

05:05the southwesterly wind flow

05:07where it is the southwesterly wind flow

05:09that causes rain

05:12in the western sections of Southern Luzon,

05:14Visayas,

05:15and Mindanao

05:16today and in the coming days.

05:21Meanwhile,

05:22for the location of the coastal areas of our country,

05:25when Tropical Storm Leon gets closer

05:28here in our Philippine landmass,

05:30we can see that it will cause heavy rains

05:33up to the sea level

05:36in the northern and eastern seaboards of Luzon

05:39as well as in the eastern seaboard of Visayas.

05:41At the moment,

05:42we do not have a high-level gale warning,

05:45but the sea level is still high

05:48here in the western seaboard of Luzon.

05:50So, be careful for our countrymen.

05:56And for the time being,

05:58today is Sunday.

06:00In the whole area of Luzon,

06:02including Metro Manila,

06:04aside from the areas of Occidental Mindoro and Palawan,

06:07we can experience today

06:09a part of cloudy to cloudy skies.

06:12We can only experience isolated rains

06:16as well as localized thunderstorms.

06:19Our regional offices also issue

06:21thunderstorm advisories

06:23regarding these rains.

06:25The average temperature in Metro Manila

06:27is from 24 to 31 degrees Celsius.

06:31Meanwhile,

06:32in the areas of Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao,

06:36we can experience a high chance of rain

06:39here in Palawan, Occidental Mindoro,

06:42in the western Visayas, Negros Island region,

06:45as well as in the areas of Zamboanga Peninsula and Barb.

06:49This is due to the southwesterly wind flow

06:51that is influenced by a thunderstorm.

06:54So, be careful for our countrymen

06:57in the possibility of floods and landslides.

07:01Meanwhile, in the southern part of Visayas and Mindanao,

07:05we can only experience isolated rains

07:08as well as localized thunderstorms.

07:11The average temperature in Cebu is from 25 to 32 degrees Celsius,

07:15while in Davao, it is 25 to 34 degrees Celsius.

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