The latest storm information from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on November 6 said that storm No. 13 Kalmaegi (known in the Philippines as Tino) has left the Philippine Forecast Area (PAR) in the East Sea.
According to PAGASA's estimate, the storm is 320km northwest of Pag-asa, Kalayaan, Palawan, Philippines, officially outside the PAR.
Storm No. 13 in the East Sea has maximum sustained winds of 165 km/h near the center and gusts of up to 205 km/h, moving west-northwest at a speed of 40 km/h towards central Vietnam.
Philippine forecasters say that Typhoon No. 13 Kalmaegi will weaken slightly before making landfall in central Vietnam in the next 24 hours, then is expected to dissipate rapidly due to terrain interaction.
Meanwhile, east of the Philippines, the tropical depression has strengthened into Tropical Storm Fung-wong.
The storm has the potential to strengthen into a super typhoon estimated 1,715km east of northeast Mindanao, moving northwest at a speed of 10km/h. Currently, the storm has maximum sustained winds of 75 km/h and gusts of up to 90 km/h.
In the updated storm news, PAGASA warned that Typhoon Fung-wong will rapidly strengthen, reaching typhoon level on November 7 and is likely to strengthen into a super typhoon on November 8.
The Philippine weather agency added that the storm is expected to enter the Philippine forecast area on the night of November 7 or early morning of November 8 and was locally named Uwan.
Notably, the storm is expected to move northwest until November 7, then turn west-northwest for the remainder of the forecast period.
Although the uncertainty about the path and forecast intensity is often high for the forecast for the 4th and 5th days from the forecast time, Philippine typhoon forecasters say the possibility of Typhoon Fung-wong making landfall in northern or central Luzon on November 10 is increasing. The latest storm near the Philippines is also expected to make landfall at the peak intensity.
The latest storm information from the US Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) said that Fung-wong is still a tropical depression, moving west-northwest at a speed of 22 km/h in the past 6 hours. Fung-wong is forecast to become a tropical storm on the afternoon of November 6 and enter a period of steady strengthening into a strong storm when it hits the Philippines.
JTWC forecasters said that Typhoon Fung-wong will not follow the path of Typhoon Kalmaegi through the central Philippines but will head towards Aurora in northeastern Luzon. After sweeping Luzon and moving into the western Taiwan Strait (China), Fung-wong is expected to turn northeast and begin a weakening process near Taiwan (China).
Previously, Fung-wong was forecast to likely enter the East Sea, becoming the 14th storm in the East Sea.
