Typhoon Rolly continues to intensify while moving Westward over the Philippine Sea, Pagasa said on its 11 am severe weather bulletin, October 30.
At 10:00 AM today, the eye of Typhoon Rolly was located based on all available data at 1,100 km East of Central Luzon.
It is moving Westward at 15 km/h with maximum sustained winds of 165 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 205 km/h.
Rolly is forecast to move west-southwestward this afternoon until Saturday evening. Afterward, the typhoon will turn west-northwestward as it moves over the sea off the coast of the Bicol Region towards the eastern coast of the Aurora-Quezon area. On the forecast track, the center of the eye of “ROLLY” is likely to make landfall over the Aurora-Quezon area on Sunday evening or Monday early morning.
The typhoon is forecast to intensify over the Philippine Sea continuously and is likely to make landfall at the peak intensity of 175-185 km/h.
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Pagasa update: Typhoon Rolly continues to intensify
Today, the typhoon’s trough will bring light to moderate with at times heavy rains over Bicol Region, Visayas, Caraga, Northern Mindanao, and the Zamboanga Peninsula. The typhoon will likely bring heavy to intense rains over Northern and Central Luzon and Bicol Region, especially those areas along the track of “ROLLY,” beginning on Saturday or Sunday.
No locality is currently under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) #1. However, in anticipation of the arrival of a strong breeze to near-gale conditions due to Typhoon Rolly, TCWS #1 may be raised over several provinces in the Bicol Region this afternoon.
Given that it is likely for this typhoon to continue intensifying before landfall, the highest possible TCWS that will be raised throughout the passage of this typhoon will be TCWS #3 or #4 (associated with destructive to very destructive typhoon-force winds).
Rough to very rough seas (2.8 to 4.5 m) will be experienced over the seaboards of Northern Luzon and the eastern seaboards of Central and Southern Luzon. A Gale Warning is in effect for these waters. As such, sea travel is risky over these areas, especially for mariners of small seacrafts.