Tropical depression outside PAR intensifies into storm, may enhance 'habagat'
The tropical depression being monitored by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has intensified into a tropical storm on Friday morning, July 28.
It has an international name of “Khanun.”
Once inside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) by Saturday evening, July 29 or Sunday morning, July 30, it will be given a local name, “Falcon.”
In its 5 a.m. bulletin issued on Friday, PAGASA said the center of Khanun was last located 1,315 kilometers east of Eastern Visayas, or outside the PAR.
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It has maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gusts of up to 80 kph, while moving west-southwestward at 15 kph. PAGASA said Khanun may become a typhoon on Saturday or Sunday, and continuously intensify over the next five days. The hoisting of wind signal is unlikely because Khanun may remain far from the country, but PAGASA said it may strengthen the southwest monsoon, or “habagat,” which will bring occasional rains to the western parts of Luzon and Visayas over the weekend. “However, the magnitude, extent, and timing of monsoon enhancement and resulting rainfall may still change due to dependence of southwest monsoon enhancement on the intensity and movement of this tropical cyclone,” PAGASA said. It will likely be outside the PAR by Tuesday, Aug. 1.
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It has maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gusts of up to 80 kph, while moving west-southwestward at 15 kph. PAGASA said Khanun may become a typhoon on Saturday or Sunday, and continuously intensify over the next five days. The hoisting of wind signal is unlikely because Khanun may remain far from the country, but PAGASA said it may strengthen the southwest monsoon, or “habagat,” which will bring occasional rains to the western parts of Luzon and Visayas over the weekend. “However, the magnitude, extent, and timing of monsoon enhancement and resulting rainfall may still change due to dependence of southwest monsoon enhancement on the intensity and movement of this tropical cyclone,” PAGASA said. It will likely be outside the PAR by Tuesday, Aug. 1.