Weather Today – October 21, 2017 #PAOLOPH

Typhoon “Paolo” has intensified as it continues to accelerate away from the country. At 10:00 AM today, the eye of the Typhoon was located at 1,000 km east of Basco, Batanes. Now with maximum sustained winds of 180 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 220 kp, it is expected to move north-northeast at 22 kph.

If it maintains speed and direction, Paolo is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) tonight or early morning tomorrow. Cloudy skies with scattered light to moderate and at times heavy rain showers will prevail over Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, ARMM, Northern Mindanao, Caraga and the provinces of Palawan and Mindoro. The remaining parts of the archipelago will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms.

Gale warning is up in the seaboards of Northern Luzon, eastern seaboard of Central Luzon and the seaboards of Southern Luzon. Rough to very rough sea condition is also expected over the eastern and western seaboards of Visayas and the eastern seaboard of Mindanao. Sea travel in the said areas remains risky for fishing boats and other small seacraft while larger sea vessels are alerted against big waves.