Ulysses Typhoon Update: Ulysses weakens into a Severe Tropical Storm as it moves further away from the country, Pagasa said on its 5 am severe weather bulletin Friday, November 13.
At 4:00 AM today, the center of Severe Tropical Storm “ULYSSES” was estimated based on all available data at 415 km West of Iba, Zambales.
“ULYSSES” and the surge of the Northeast Monsoon will continue bringing gusty conditions over Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Cordillera Administrative Region, Ilocos Region, Zambales, Bataan, and northern Occidental Mindoro including Lubang Island.
Until this afternoon, moderate to heavy with at times intense rains will still be experienced over Batanes, Babuyan Islands, northern and eastern portions of mainland Cagayan, eastern portion of Isabela, Aurora, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, and Apayao. Light to moderate with at times heavy rains over Ilocos Region, the rest of Cordillera Administrative Region, the rest of Cagayan Valley, the northern portion of Quezon including Polillo Islands, Zambales, and Bataan.
Ulysses Typhoon Update
Flooding (including flashfloods), rain-induced landslides, and sediment-laden streamflows (i.e. lahar) may occur during heavy or prolonged rainfall especially in areas that are highly or very highly susceptible to these hazards and/or those that received significant antecedent rainfall.
Within the next 24 hours, the combined effects of “ULYSSES” and the surge of the Northeast Monsoon will bring rough to very rough seas (2.5 to 5.5 m) over the seaboards of Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, and Zambales, the northern seaboard of mainland Cagayan, and the western seaboards of Bataan, Batangas, Occidental Mindoro (including Lubang Island), and Palawan (including Calamian and Kalayaan Islands). Sea travel is risky for all types of seacrafts over these waters.
Ulysses Typhoon Update: Moderate to rough seas (2.0 to 3.5 m) will be experienced over the eastern seaboards of Luzon. Mariners of small seacrafts are advised to take precautionary measures when venturing out to sea. Inexperienced mariners should avoid navigating in these conditions
“ULYSSES” is forecast to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility this morning. It is likely to maintain its strength in the next 24 hours before eventually weakening into a severe tropical storm within the next 36 to 48 hours due to increasingly unfavorable conditions caused by the surge of the Northeast Monsoon.