PAGASA offers Fung-wong native title Uwan even earlier than entry into PAR

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Extreme Tropical Storm Fung-wong will get its native title Uwan early as PAGASA raises Sign No. 1 for parts of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao on Friday afternoon, November 7

MANILA, Philippines – In a uncommon transfer, the climate bureau assigned the native title Uwan to Extreme Tropical Storm Fung-wong on Friday afternoon, November 7, even earlier than the tropical cyclone’s anticipated entry into the Philippine Space of Duty (PAR).

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Providers Administration (PAGASA) often offers native names solely when tropical cyclones have entered PAR.

The final time it assigned an area title to a tropical cyclone outdoors PAR was in December 2024, when it gave the native title Romina to a tropical melancholy that was affecting Kalayaan Islands.

This time, PAGASA determined to offer Fung-wong its native title as a result of Sign No. 1 has already been raised for parts of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao.

As of 4 pm on Friday, Uwan was positioned 1,175 kilometers east of Jap Visayas, transferring west at a barely quicker 25 kilometers per hour from 20 km/h.

The extreme tropical storm intensified additional, with its most sustained winds rising from 100 km/h to 110 km/h. Its gustiness is now as much as 135 km/h from 125 km/h.

Uwan remains to be anticipated to enter PAR on Friday night or early Saturday morning, November 8.

PAGASA expects the tropical cyclone to quickly intensify right into a storm inside hours, then ultimately into an excellent storm on Saturday night or Sunday morning, November 9.

The next areas are underneath Sign No. 1 as of 5 pm on Friday, which suggests they’ve lead time of 36 hours to organize for Uwan’s sturdy winds:

southeastern a part of Quezon (Tagkawayan, Guinayangan, Calauag, Lopez, Buenavista, Catanauan, Mulanay, San Narciso, San Andres, San Francisco)
japanese a part of Romblon (Cajidiocan, San Fernando, Magdiwang)
Camarines Norte
Camarines Sur
Catanduanes
Albay
Sorsogon
Masbate
Northern Samar
Jap Samar
Samar
Biliran
Leyte
Southern Leyte
northern and central components of Cebu (Medellin, Daanbantayan, Bogo Metropolis, Tabogon, San Remigio, Tabuelan, Borbon, Sogod, Tuburan, Catmon, Carmen, Danao Metropolis, Compostela, Liloan, Consolacion, Lapu-Lapu Metropolis, Mandaue Metropolis, Cordova, Asturias, Cebu Metropolis, Balamban, Talisay Metropolis, Toledo Metropolis, Minglanilla) together with Bantayan and Camotes Islands
northeastern a part of Bohol (Getafe, Talibon, Buenavista, Trinidad, San Miguel, Ubay, Alicia, Mabini, Bien Unido, President Carlos P. Garcia)
northern a part of Negros Occidental (Escalante Metropolis, Toboso, Sagay Metropolis, Cadiz Metropolis, Calatrava, Manapla)
northeastern a part of Capiz (President Roxas, Pilar, Panay, Pontevedra)
northeastern a part of Iloilo (Carles, Estancia, Balasan, San Dionisio, Concepcion, Batad, Sara, Ajuy)
Dinagat Islands
Surigao del Norte

The best tropical cyclone wind sign prone to be raised as a result of Uwan is Sign No. 5.

In the course of the weekend, Uwan may additionally deliver occasional gusts even to areas not underneath wind indicators in Palawan, the Visayas, and Mindanao.

For rainfall, PAGASA up to date its outlook at 5 pm on Friday. Widespread floods and landslides are anticipated as important rainfall from Uwan could start by Saturday afternoon.

Saturday afternoon, November 8, to Sunday afternoon, November 9

Intense to torrential rain (above 200 millimeters): Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Albay
Heavy to intense rain (100-200 mm): Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino, Aurora, Quezon, Camarines Norte, Sorsogon, Masbate, Northern Samar, Samar, Jap Samar
Reasonable to heavy rain (50-100 mm): Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, Marinduque, Romblon, Biliran, Leyte

Sunday afternoon, November 9, to Monday afternoon, November 10

Intense to torrential rain (above 200 mm): Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Apayao, Kalinga, Abra, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Benguet, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan
Heavy to intense rain (100-200 mm): Metro Manila, Zambales, Bataan, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon, Occidental Mindoro
Reasonable to heavy rain (50-100 mm): Batanes, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Aklan, Vintage

PAGASA may additionally launch storm surge warnings as early as Friday night or Saturday, with a excessive danger of “life-threatening” storm surges and associated coastal flooding, particularly in Northern Luzon and the japanese coasts of Central Luzon and Southern Luzon.

Uwan remains to be projected to make landfall within the southern portion of Isabela or the northern portion of Aurora late Sunday night or early Monday morning, November 10, whereas at or close to its peak depth.

“After landfall, Uwan will traverse the mountainous terrain of Northern Luzon and emerge over the West Philippine Sea on Monday morning or afternoon,” PAGASA mentioned.

Within the subsequent 24 hours, Uwan will already have an effect on sea situations within the nation.

As much as very tough seas (journey is dangerous for all vessels)

Northern and japanese seaboards of Catanduanes; japanese seaboard of Northern Samar – waves as much as 5 meters excessive
Northern seaboards of Camarines Sur and Northern Samar; japanese seaboards of Albay, Sorsogon, and Jap Samar – waves as much as 4.5 meters excessive

As much as tough seas (small vessels shouldn’t enterprise out to sea)

Seaboard of Isabela; japanese seaboards of mainland Cagayan, Dinagat Islands, and Siargao Island and Bucas Grande Island; northern and japanese seaboards of Polillo Islands – waves as much as 4 meters excessive
Seaboards of Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Ilocos Sur, Aurora, and northern mainland Quezon; japanese seaboards of Camarines Sur and Surigao del Sur; western seaboard of Pangasinan; remaining seaboards of Catanduanes – waves as much as 3.5 meters excessive
Northern seaboard of mainland Cagayan; japanese seaboard of Davao Oriental; remaining seaboard of Ilocos Area – waves as much as 3 meters excessive

As much as reasonable to tough seas (small vessels ought to take precautionary measures or keep away from crusing, if doable)

Southern seaboard of Samar; japanese seaboards of Leyte, Southern Leyte, and Davao Occidental; northern and western seaboards of Dinagat Islands; remaining seaboard of Jap Samar – waves as much as 2.5 meters excessive
Seaboards of Zambales, Marinduque, Kalayaan Islands, Vintage, Biliran, Zamboanga del Norte, and Sarangani; western seaboards of Lubang Islands and Calamian Islands; western and southern seaboards of Negros Oriental; southwestern seaboard of Negros Occidental; northern seaboards of Romblon and Leyte; remaining seaboards of Bicol, Quezon, Northern Samar, Samar, and Caraga – waves as much as 2 meters excessive

Uwan is the Philippines’ twenty first tropical cyclone for 2025, and the second for November. Its entry into PAR could come round 48 hours after the exit of Storm Tino (Kalmaegi), which is the nation’s deadliest tropical cyclone this yr, to this point.

PAGASA expects two or three tropical cyclones to type inside or enter PAR in November.

On Friday night, Batanes and Cagayan could have remoted gentle rain from the northeast monsoon or amihan, whereas the remainder of the nation will proceed to have typically truthful climate, with simply remoted rain showers or thunderstorms. – Rappler.com