The latest storm information from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that at 4:00 a.m. on October 22, the center of Typhoon Kristine (international name Trami) was at about 13.2 degrees north latitude, 127.8 degrees east longitude, 390km east of Virac, Catanduanes, Philippines.
Maximum winds near the center of the storm are 65 km/h, gusting up to 80 km/h and central pressure 994 hPa.
The storm is moving west at a speed of 15 km/h. Tropical cyclone winds extend up to 680 km from the center of the storm
PAGASA warns of strong winds of level 6-7 in Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao.
In the next 24 hours, the sea is forecast to be rough to very rough with waves up to 6.5m high on the Isabela coast, the northern and eastern coasts of the Bicol region.
Waves of 5.5 m on the Batanes, Cagayan and Aurora coasts, the northern and eastern coasts of Northern Samar.
Waves of 4.5 m on the coast of Polillo Islands, the northern coast of Ilocos Norte, the remaining coasts of the Bicol Area, the west coast of Northern Samar, the north coast of Biliran and the north coast of Samar.
Typhoon Kristine is expected to move northwest to west-northwest through Thursday (24 October) before turning west for the remainder of the forecast period.
According to the forecast track, the tropical storm could make landfall in Isabela tomorrow evening (23 October) and may leave the Philippine Forecast Area (PAR) by Friday evening (25 October).
The possibility of changing the forecast track cannot be ruled out, depending on the movement of weather systems around the tropical storm in the next few days.
Kristine is expected to remain a tropical storm in the next 24 hours. It could reach severe tropical storm status tomorrow (October 23) and could make landfall in Isabela as a severe tropical storm.
The storm is expected to reach typhoon level on October 25 when it enters the East Sea, according to PAGASA
Currently, because this tropical storm is still in the Philippine Sea, the possibility of rapid strength due to favorable environmental conditions cannot be ruled out.
The Vietnam National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting also forecasts that around October 25, storm Trami is likely to move into the East Sea and become the sixth storm of 2024.
From around the afternoon and night of October 24, the eastern sea area of the northern East Sea (east of the 118.5 degree east longitude) will gradually increase to level 8, near the storm center will be strong at level 9-10, gusting to level 12, very rough seas, waves 3-5m high, thunderstorms with dangerous tornadoes.
