The latest storm information just updated on the morning of October 22 from the Philippine weather agency PAGASA said that the center of storm No. 11 Kristine is 390 km east of Virac, Catanduanes, Philippines.
Typhoon Kristine is moving west at a speed of 15 km/h. The storm near the Philippines currently has maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h near the center and gusts of up to 80 km/h.
PAGASA noted that a gusts of wind warning has been issued for the eastern coast of Luzon, the southern coast of Southern Luzon and the eastern coast of Visayas.
Due to the impact of Typhoon Kristine, rough seas are forecast in coastal waters of the Philippines, with maximum waves of 6.5m in Isabela, north and east of the Bicol region.
Waves could reach a maximum of 5.5 m in the coastal waters of Batanes, Cagayan and Aurora and the northern and eastern coasts of Northern Samar. In coastal waters of the Polillo Islands, north of Ilocos Norte, the remaining coastal waters of the Bicol region, west of Northern Samar, north of Biliran and north of Samar, waves could reach up to 4.5 m.
Regarding the forecast track and intensity of Typhoon Kristine, PAGASA noted that the storm near the South China Sea is expected to move northwest to west-northwest until October 24 before turning westward for the remainder of the forecast period.
According to the forecast, Typhoon Kristine may make landfall in Isabela, Philippines on the evening of October 23 and may then leave the Philippine Forecast Area (PAR) on the evening of October 25.
PAGASA forecasters do not rule out the possibility of changes in the forecast track of the latest storm near the East Sea, depending on the movements of weather systems around the tropical storm in the next few days.
In terms of intensity, Typhoon Kristine is expected to remain a tropical storm in the next 24 hours. The latest storm could reach severe tropical storm status on October 23 and could make landfall in Isabela, Philippines as a severe tropical storm.
Typhoon No. 11 Kristine is forecast to reach typhoon level on October 25 when it enters the East Sea.
Philippine weather experts note that this tropical storm is still in the Philippine Sea, so the possibility of the storm rapidly intensifying due to favorable environmental conditions cannot be ruled out.
The storm is forecast to be 390 km east of Daet, Camarines Norte, Philippines at 2:00 p.m. on October 22.
The storm will move in the next 24 hours and be 145 km east of Casiguran, Aurora by 2:00 p.m. on October 23.
Typhoon Kristine is expected to be over the coastal waters of Candon, Ilocos Sur by 2:00 p.m. October 24.
At 2:00 a.m. on October 25, Typhoon No. 11 Kristine will be southwest of Sinait, Ilocos Sur.
By 2:00 a.m. on October 26, the latest typhoon Kristine will move outside the Philippine PAR forecast area, 505 km west of Sinait, Ilocos Sur.
At the end of the forecast period of the Philippine weather agency PAGASA, at 2:00 a.m. on October 27, Typhoon Kristine was in the East Sea, 895 km from Northern Luzon.
