PAGASA – 23 Areas Under TCWS No. 1, Pepito To Become Tropical Storm This October 20, 2020
PAGASA – Here are the following latest updates from the state weather bureau PAGASA, on this day, October 20, 2020 (Tuesday).
The latest bulletin from the state weather bureau says that Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 remains hoisted over twenty three areas due to Tropical Depression Pepito, with the latter expected to develop into a tropical storm before it makes landfall by evening.
According to GMA, the 8 AM bulletin says that the areas under TCWS No. 1 are the following:
- Isabela
- Quirino
- Nueva Vizcaya
- Abra
- Kalinga
- Mountain Province
- Ifugao
- Benguet
- Ilocos Sur
- La Union
- Pangasinan
- Aurora
- Nueva Ecija
- Tarlac
- Zambales
- Bulacan
- Pampanga
- Bataan
- Metro Manila
- Rizal
- northern portion of Quezon
- General Nakar
- Infanta
- Real
- including Polillo Islands
- extreme northern portion of Camarines Norte (Vinzons)
- Catanduanes
The weather disturbance is expected to make landfall over the Aurora-Isabela area this evening.
Pepito is more likely to reach tropical storm before landfall. However, there is a possibility that it could make landfall as a tropical depression.
Based on the report, Pepito was last spotted at about 375 kilometers east of Infanta, Quezon.
It is packed with maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 70 kilometers per hour. It is heading west northwestward at 25 kilometers per hour.
The cyclone is expected to leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Thursday morning.
Meanwhile, for the forecast, Bicol Region, Marinduque, Romblon, Quezon, Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, Isabela, mainland Cagayan, Pangasinan, and Benguet will face moderate to heavy rains.
Light to moderate with occasionally heavy rains will be faced over Metro Manila, Cordillera Administrative Region, MIMAROPA, Western Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Bangsamoro, Northern Mindanao, and the rest of Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, and CALABARZON.
The bureau warned that flash floods and landslides might occur during heavy or prolonged rainfall especially in areas that are highly or very highly susceptible to these hazards.
Its Regional Services Divisions were urged to issue local thunderstorm or rainfall advisories and heavy rainfall warnings if needed. Areas under Signal No. 1 will also face high winds
High to gale-force winds with occasional gusts will be are expected in Batanes, Babuyan Islands, and the coastal and mountainous areas of mainland Cagayan, Apayao, and Ilocos Norte due to the northeasterly surface wind flow.
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