The latest storm information from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that at 4:00 a.m. on November 7, the center of storm Yinxing (Marce in the Philippines) was at about 18.3 degrees north latitude, 123.5 degrees east longitude, 200 km east of Aparri, Cagayan.
The strongest wind near the storm center is 155 km/h, gusting up to 190 km/h, central pressure 955 hPa. The storm moves west-northwest at a speed of 15 km/h, with a radius of influence of 560 km from the storm center.
PAGASA warns of strong winds and extremely rough seas due to Typhoon Yinxing. Waves up to 12 meters high are expected on the Babuyan Islands coast; northern coast of mainland Cagayan and Ilocos Norte. Waves up to 9 meters high are expected on the remaining coast of Ilocos Norte, Cagayan. Waves up to 8 meters are expected on the Batanes coast and 7 meters are expected on the northern coast of Ilocos Sur; northern coast of Isabela.
Typhoon Yinxing is forecast to move west-northwest in the next 12 hours over the sea east of Cagayan before turning west from this afternoon until Saturday (November 9).
Yinxing is forecast to make landfall and pass over the Babuyan Islands and/or the northern parts of mainland Cagayan, Ilocos Norte and Apayao (or pass very close to these areas) from this afternoon until early tomorrow morning (November 8).
The storm could exit the Philippine Forecast Area (PAR) by tomorrow evening. Increasing northeasterly winds will push the storm more southwestward starting over the weekend.
Typhoon Yinxing is forecast to approach the northern part of Cagayan during its peak intensity.
With a journey that lasted from when it was a cloud cluster developing into a low pressure overnight (November 3), Yinxing went through continuous stages of strengthening into a tropical depression on the afternoon of November 3, strengthening into a storm and a typhoon.
Over the past 2-3 days, Yinxing has been continuously strengthening, with satellite cloud images on the evening of November 6 showing the eye of the storm to be extremely sharp, with the intensity according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reaching level 14, gusting to level 17, and the pressure dropping to 955 mbar.
At 1:00 a.m. on November 7, according to the Vietnam National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, the eye of the storm was located at approximately 18.3 degrees north latitude; 123.7 degrees east longitude, in the sea northeast of Luzon Island (Philippines). The strongest wind near the eye of the storm was level 15 (167-183 km/h), gusting to level 17. The storm moved west-northwest at a speed of 5-10 km/h.
At around 1:00 a.m. on November 9, Typhoon Yinxing entered the East Sea and became the 7th storm to operate in the region in 2024. Upon entering the East Sea, the storm moved west-southwest and towards Vietnam's Hoang Sa Islands, gradually weakening in intensity, reaching level 13, gusting to level 16.
However, we must still be on guard against the worst case scenario where the storm could move towards the Central Coast, heading towards Da Nang on November 11-12, causing heavy rain in the Central region early next week.
According to the Storm page in the Northwest Pacific, the development of storm number 7 operating in the East Sea will be extremely complicated.
