Super Typhoon ‘Pepito’ (international name: Man-Yi) maintains its strength as it continues to threaten Aurora and Northern Quezon, the state weather bureau said on Sunday.
According to the latest 11 AM advisory from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Super Typhoon ‘Pepito’ is moving northwestward at 20 kilometers per hour with maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 230 kilometers per hour.
Its center was last estimated at 120 km east Southeast of Baler, Aurora.
Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 5 is raised over the eastern portion of Polillo Islands while TCWs No. 4 is hoisted over Aurora, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, the southern portion of Ifugao, the southern portion of Benguet, the southern portion of La Union, the eastern portion of Pangasinan, the eastern portion of Nueva Ecija, the northern portion of Quezon including the rest of Polillo Islands, and Calaguas Islands.
TCWS No. 3 is issued to the southern portion of Isabela, the rest of Ifugao, Mountain Province, the southern portion of Abra, Ilocos Sur, the rest of Benguet, the rest of La Union, the rest of Pangasinan, the northern portion of Zambales, the northern portion of Bulacan, the northern portion of Rizal, the eastern portion of Laguna, the central and eastern portion of Quezon, and the western portion of Camarines Norte.
TCWS No. 2 is hoisted over the rest of Isabela, the southwestern portion of mainland Cagayan, Kalinga, the southern portion of Apayao, the rest of Abra, Ilocos Norte, the rest of Zambales, Bataan, the rest of Pampanga, the rest of Bulacan, Metro Manila, the rest of Rizal, Cavite, the rest of Laguna, the rest of Quezon, the rest of Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, and the western portion of Catanduanes.
TCWS No. 1, meanwhile, is raised over the rest of mainland Cagayan, the rest of Apayao, Batangas, the northern portion of Occidental Mindoro including Lubang Islands, the northern portion of Oriental Mindoro, the northern portion of Romblon, Marinduque, the northern portion of Masbate including Burias and Ticao Islands, Albay, Sorsogon, and the rest of Catanduanes.
The weather disturbance is expected to move generally west northwestward or northwestward and is forecast to make landfall in the vicinity of Aurora this afternoon.
Afterwards, it will cross the northern portion of Central Luzon and the southern portion of Northern Luzon via the upland regions of the Sierra Madre, Caraballo, and Cordillera Central between this afternoon and evening.
According to PAGASA, ‘Pepito’ is forecast to exit the landmass of Luzon tonight.
“Pepito is forecast to slightly weaken as a typhoon prior to its second landfall. Significant weakening will occur during the passage of this tropical cyclone over mainland Luzon today. Further weakening will also occur as Pepito moves over the West Philippine Sea due to the incoming northeasterly wind surge,” it said.
On the track forecast, Super Typhoon ‘Pepito’ will continue moving generally west northwestward over the West Philippine Sea on Monday. It may exit the PAR region tomorrow morning or noon.
Outside the PAR region, the tropical cyclone will turn more westward or west southwestward on Tuesday under the influence of an incoming northeasterly wind surge.
