Ulysses Weakens as it Moves Further Away from PH

According to PAGASA’s 5:00 AM update today, November 13, 2020 (Friday), Ulysses has weakened into a Severe Tropical Storm as it moves further away from the Philippines. And, there are no areas in the country under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS).

Location of Eye of Ulysses

As of  4:00 AM today, the center of Severe Tropical Storm “Ulysses” was estimated based on all available data at 415 km West of Iba, Zambales (15.2 °N, 116.1 °E ) according to the forecast of PAGASA.

Movement and Strength of Ulysses

Ulysses is moving Westward at 20 km/h with maximum sustained winds of 110 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 135 km/h.

Forecast Position of Ulysses

• November 14, 2020 (24 Hour-Tomorrow morning): 825 km West of Central Luzon (Outside PAR)(15.5°N, 112.3°E).
• November 15, 2020 (48 Hour-Sunday morning): 1,285 km West of Northern Luzon (Outside PAR)( 16.7°N, 108.3°E).

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
  • Bataa
  • Northern Occidental Mindoro including Lubang Island.

Heavy Rainfall

• Until this afternoon, moderate to heavy with at times intense rains will still be experienced over:
  • Batanes
  • Babuyan Islands
  • Northern and Eastern portions of mainland Cagayan
  • Eastern portion of Isabela
  • Aurora
  • Nueva Vizcaya
  • Quirino
  • Apayao
• Light to moderate with at times heavy rains over:
  • Ilocos Region
  • The rest of Cordillera Administrative Region
  • The rest of Cagayan Valley
  • The northern portion of Quezon including Polillo Islands, Zambales, and Bataan.

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
  • The northern seaboard of mainland Cagayan
  • The 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 advisory of PAGASA will be issued at 11:00 AM today.

Source: PAGASA