Ulysses Now Outside PAR

In the 11:00 AM forecast of PAGASA today, November 13, 2020 (Friday), Ulysses has re-intensified into a Typhoon and is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). Also, there are no areas in the country under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS).

According to PAGASA, Ulysses re-intensified into a typhoon at 8:00 AM today and is likely to maintain its strength in the next 12 hours, then gradual weakening is expected due to increasingly unfavorable conditions caused by the surge of the Northeast Monsoon.

Location of Eye of Ulysses

In PAGASA’s forecast, at 10:00 AM today, the center of the eye of Typhoon Ulysses was located based on all available data at 500 km West of Iba, Zambales (Outside PAR).

Movement and Strength of Ulysses

Ulysses is moving West Northwestward at 10 km/h with maximum sustained winds of 120 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 150 km/h.

Forecast Position of Ulysses

• November 14, 2020 (24 Hour-Tomorrow morning): 955 km West of Dagupan City, Pangasinan (Outside PAR).

Hazards Affecting Land Areas

Strong winds

Ulysses and the surge of the Northeast Monsoon will continue bringing gusty conditions over:

• Batanes
• Babuyan Islands
• Cordillera Administrative Region
• Ilocos Region
• Zambales
• Bataan

Heavy Rainfall

Today, moderate to heavy rains will still be experienced over:

• Batanes
• Babuyan Islands

Light to moderate with at times heavy rains may prevail over the rest of:

• Cagayan Valley
• Cordillera Administrative Region
• Ilocos Norte
• Aurora

Furthermore, flooding (including flash floods), rain-induced landslides, and sediment-laden streamflows (i.e. lahar) may occur during heavy or prolonged rainfall especially in areas that are highly or very highly susceptible to these hazards and/or those that received significant antecedent rainfall.

Hazards Affecting Coastal Waters

Within the next 24 hours, the combined effects of Ulysses and the surge of the Northeast Monsoon will bring rough to very rough seas over the seaboards of the following, and sea travel is risky for all types of seacrafts over these waters:

• Batanes
• Babuyan Islands
• Ilocos Norte
• Ilocos Sur
• La Union
• Pangasinan
• Zambales
• Northern seaboard of mainland Cagayan
• Western seaboards of Bataan, Batangas, Occidental Mindoro (including Lubang Island), and Palawan (including Calamian and Kalayaan Islands).

Also, moderate to rough seas will be experienced over the eastern seaboards of Luzon. Mariners of small seacrafts are advised to take precautionary measures when venturing out to sea and inexperienced mariners should avoid navigating in these conditions

The next forecast of PAGASA will be issued at 11:00 PM today.

Source: PAGASA