PAGASA
The low-pressure area (LPA 10G) inside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) has developed into a tropical depression at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22, and was named “Salome,” the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said.
As of 10 a.m., Salome was located 285 kilometers north-northeast of Itbayat, Batanes, with maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 70 kph.
It was moving south-southwestward at 15 kph.
PAGASA weather specialist Loriedin de la Cruz-Galicia earlier said the weather disturbance may approach or make landfall in Batanes by Wednesday evening or early Thursday, Oct. 23, before continuing southwest toward Ilocos Norte.
Salome is the 19th tropical cyclone to form inside the PAR this year and the fourth this month, following tropical cyclones Paolo, Quedan, and Ramil.