Tuesday, November 20, 2007

TS 23W (LANDO) crossing Palawan...[Update #005]


Typhoon2000 STORM UPDATE #005
Name: TROPICAL STORM 23W [LANDO] 
Issued: 7:00 PM MANILA TIME (11:00 GMT) TUE 20 NOVEMBER 2007
Next Update: 7:00 AM (23:00 GMT) WED 21 NOVEMBER
Source: JTWC TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING NUMBER 007
Note: Kindly refer to your country's official warnings or bulletins. This update is for additional information purposes only.
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TROPICAL STORM 23W (LANDO) NOW PASSING VERY CLOSE TO THE SOUTH OF
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, PALAWAN...STRONG WINDS AND RAINS LASHING THE
AREA.

+ FORECAST OUTLOOK: 23W (LANDO) is expected to continue tracking
Westward for the next 2 days and intensify slightly reaching forecast
wind speeds of 100 km/hr - as it approaches the Southern Coast of
Vietnam Thursday afternoon. It shall make landfall over Southern
Vietnam, passing very close to Ho Chi Minh City on Friday evening,
Nov 23 and dissipate. 

+ EFFECTS: 23W's large rain circulation is now affecting the whole
island of Palawan & Sulu Sea...bringing moderate to heavy rains with
winds not exceeding 85 km/hr tonight..becoming more intense along
Central and Southern Palawan including Puerto Princesa.

+ CURRENT MONSOON INTENSITY: Strong Northeast (NE) Monsoon enhanced by
Tropical Storm 23W (LANDO) will continue to bring cloudy skies with
intermittent rainshowers & strong NE'ly winds of 30 km/hr or higher
across Northern and Eastern Philippines. Landslides, mudflows (lahars)
and flooding is likely to occur along steep mountain/volcano slopes,
river banks, low-lying & flood-prone areas of the affected areas,
while big sea waves or surges generated by this monsoon can affect
the coastal and beach-front areas of Eastern Philippines.

+ TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCH: Separate email updates on TROPICAL STORM
MITAG (MINA) will begin tomorrow morning. Click HERE to view the
latest satellite image on
this new developing system
 
Important Note: Please keep in mind that the above forecast outlook,
effects & current monsoon intensity, and tropical cyclone watch changes 
every 06 to 12 hours!

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TIME/DATE: 5:00 PM MANILA TIME (09:00 GMT) 20 NOVEMBER
LOCATION OF CENTER: LATITUDE 9.5º N...LONGITUDE 118.9º E
DISTANCE 1: 30 KM (17
NM) SE OF PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, PH 
MAX WINDS [1-MIN AVG]: 65 KM/HR (35 KTS) NEAR THE CENTER
PEAK WIND GUSTS: 85 KM/HR (45 KTS)
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE: N/A 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE (est.): 996 MILLIBARS (hPa)
RECENT MOVEMENT: WEST @ 20 KM/HR (11 KTS)
GENERAL DIRECTION: SOUTHERN PALAWAN
STORM'S SIZE (IN DIAMETER): 500 KM (270 NM)/AVERAGE
MAX WAVE HEIGHT**: 12 FEET (3.6 METERS)
VIEW T2K TRACKING MAP: 5 PM MANILA TIME TUE NOVEMBER 20
TSR WIND PROBABILITIESCURRENT TO 120 HRS LEAD  

PHILIPPINE STORM SIGNALS*:
#02 - PALAWAN
#01 - CUYO ISLAND AND CALAMIAN GROUP OF ISLANDS
.

12, 24 & 48 HR. FORECAST:
2 AM (18 GMT) 21 NOVEMBER: 9.5N 117.4E / 75-95 KPH / W @ 24 KPH
2 PM (06 GMT) 21 NOVEMBER: 9.6N 114.6E / 85-100 KPH / W @ 22 KPH
2 PM (06 GMT) 22 NOVEMBER: 9.8N 109.9E / 100-130 KPH / WNW @ 13 KPH

REMARKS: 2 PM (06 GMT) 20 NOVEMBER POSITION: 9.5N 119.4E.
^TROPICAL STORM (TS) 23W HAS MAINTAINED INTENSITY OVER THE
PAST 12 HOURS AS THE STORM REMAINS IN THE DIFFLUENT SOUTHWESTERN
QUADRANT OF THE UPPER LEVEL (200 MB) RIDGE TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST.
A 200956Z WINDSAT (36GHZ) IMAGE REVEALS AN IMPROVING LOW LEVEL
CIRCULATION CENTER JUST TO THE EAST OF PALAWAN. THE SYSTEM
HAS SLOWED CONSIDERABLY AS IT RE-CONSOLIDATES AND INTERACTS WITH
PALAWAN
.
..(more)
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PAGASA CURRENT POSITION, MOVEMENT AND INTENSITY (10-min. ave.): 
> 4 PM (08 GMT) 20 NOVEMBER: 10.0N 119.3E / W @ 26 KPH / 65 kph

:: For the complete PAGASA bulletin, kindly visit their website at: 
   
http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/wb/tcupdate.shtml
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RECENT T2K TRACKING CHART:


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RECENT MTSAT-1R SATELLITE IMAGE:


> Image source:  Digital-Typhoon.org (Nat'l. Institute of Informatics) (http://www.digital-typhoon.org)
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NOTES:
 
  ^ - JTWC commentary remarks (for Meteorologists) from their 
      latest warning.
 
  * - Based on PAGASA's Philippine Storm Warning Signals, 
      # 4 being the highest. Red letters indicate new areas 
      being hoisted.
For more explanations on these signals, 
      visit:
http://www.typhoon2000.ph/signals.htm

 ** - Based on the Tropical Cyclone's Wave Height near 
      its center.

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>>
To know the meteorological terminologies and acronyms 
   used on this update visit the ff:

    http://typhoon2000.ph/tcterm.htm  
    http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutgloss.shtml
    http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/severewx/glossary.php
    http://www.srh.weather.gov/fwd/glossarynation.html
    http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/acronyms.shtml
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