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While Tropical Depression Igme is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility, PAGASA warns of rain from the southwest monsoon in extreme Northern Luzon and parts of mainland Luzon on Saturday, September 21
MANILA, Philippines – Tropical Depression Igme exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility at 2:30 am on Saturday, September 21, around 12 and a half hours after it developed from a low pressure area inside PAR.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Igme was already 520 kilometers north northeast of Itbayat, Batanes, at 4 am on Saturday.
The tropical depression slightly slowed down, moving northwest at 35 kilometers per hour from 40 km/h, but it is still relatively fast.
It continues to have maximum sustained winds of 55 km/h and gustiness of up to 70 km/h.
There were no more rainfall warnings for Batanes, Isabela, and Cagayan due to Igme in PAGASA’s 5 am bulletin on Saturday. Signal No. 1 for Batanes — the lone area placed under a tropical cyclone wind signal — had also been lifted late Friday evening, September 20.
Igme did not make landfall in the Philippines. Outside PAR, the tropical depression is projected to slow down and shift more west northwest over the East China Sea on Saturday, then west southwest on Sunday, September 22.
PAGASA added that Igme might weaken into a low pressure area (LPA) on Sunday because of “a passing frontal system over the East China Sea.”
Igme was the Philippines’ ninth tropical cyclone for 2024, and the fifth tropical cyclone for September alone.
As of 4 am on Saturday, there were no new LPAs or potential tropical cyclones being monitored inside or outside PAR.
While Igme is now outside PAR, the weather bureau warned of rain from the southwest monsoon or habagat in extreme Northern Luzon and parts of mainland Luzon.
Saturday, September 21
- Heavy to intense rain (100-200 millimeters): Batanes, Babuyan Islands
- Moderate to heavy rain (50-100 mm): Ilocos Region, Zambales, Bataan
Sunday, September 22
- Moderate to heavy rain (50-100 mm): Pangasinan, Zambales, Bataan
In other parts of Luzon and the Visayas, scattered rain and thunderstorms will persist, still due to the southwest monsoon.
The southwest monsoon will bring strong to gale-force gusts to these areas as well:
Saturday, September 21
- Ilocos Region, Abra, Benguet, Batanes, Babuyan Islands, extreme eastern part of Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Zambales
Sunday, September 22
- Ilocos Region, Abra, Benguet, Batanes, Babuyan Islands, mainland Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Zambales
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For coastal waters, PAGASA released a new gale warning at 5 am on Saturday, covering the western seaboard of Northern Luzon (waves 2.8 to 4.5 meters high). Seas remain rough to very rough in Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, and the western coast of Ilocos Norte, so travel is risky for small vessels.
Outside of the gale warning, up to rough seas are expected in the seaboards of Batanes and Zambales (waves 2.5 to 4 meters high), seaboards of Babuyan Islands (waves 1.5 to 3.5 meters high), and seaboards of Bataan, Kalayaan Islands, and mainland Cagayan (waves 1 to 3 meters high). Small vessels should not venture out to sea.
Up to moderate seas are seen in the seaboards of Isabela and Lubang Island (waves 1 to 2.5 meters high). The weather bureau advised small vessels to take precautionary measures or to avoid sailing, if possible. – Rappler.com
