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Both Tropical Depression Gener and Tropical Storm Helen (Pulasan) continue to enhance the southwest monsoon, which will still cause moderate to intense rain on Wednesday, September 18
MANILA, Philippines – The tropical storm with the international name Pulasan entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, September 17, joining Tropical Depression Gener.
Pulasan was given the local name Helen, as the country’s eighth tropical cyclone for 2024. It is also the fourth tropical cyclone for September.
As of 10 pm on Tuesday, Helen was located 1,290 kilometers east of extreme Northern Luzon, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).
The tropical storm is moving west at a fast 40 kilometers per hour (km/h).
It has maximum sustained winds of 85 km/h and gustiness of up to 105 km/h.
There are no rainfall warnings or tropical cyclone wind signals due to Helen, since it is expected to stay far from Philippine landmass and it will not directly affect any part of the country.
The tropical storm may also leave PAR on Wednesday afternoon, September 18.
However, like Gener, Helen is enhancing the southwest monsoon or habagat.
Gener, meanwhile, was about to exit PAR late Tuesday evening. It was already 355 kilometers west of Bacnotan, La Union, moving west at 25 km/h.
The tropical depression maintained its strength, with maximum sustained winds of 55 km/h and gustiness of up to 70 km/h.
As of 11 pm on Tuesday, there were no more areas under Signal No. 1 due to Gener.
It is also no longer directly bringing rain, after earlier causing moderate to intense rain in Northern Luzon, as well as parts of Central Luzon and Southern Luzon.
The tropical depression made landfall in Palanan, Isabela, at 11 pm on Monday, September 16, then crossed Northern Luzon.
Outside PAR, Gener could strengthen into a tropical storm by Wednesday morning.
Due to the southwest monsoon enhanced by both Gener and Helen, more rain will be seen in the coming days. Affected areas must stay on alert for floods and landslides.
Tuesday evening, September 17, to Wednesday evening, September 18
- Heavy to intense rain (100-200 millimeters): Palawan, Occidental Mindoro, Antique
- Moderate to heavy rain (50-100 mm): Metro Manila, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, rest of Mimaropa, Zambales, Bataan, Batangas, Cavite, rest of Western Visayas
Wednesday evening, September 18, to Thursday evening, September 19
- Heavy to intense rain (100-200 mm): Palawan, Occidental Mindoro
- Moderate to heavy rain (50-100 mm): Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Ilocos Region, rest of Mimaropa, Zambales, Bataan, Western Visayas
Thursday evening, September 19, to Friday evening, September 20
- Moderate to heavy rain (50-100 mm): Zambales, Bataan, Pangasinan
The enhanced southwest monsoon is bringing strong to gale-force gusts to these areas as well:
Wednesday, September 18
- Zambales, Bataan, Pampanga, Bulacan, Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol, Visayas, Mindanao
Thursday, September 19
- Isabela, Aurora, Pangasinan, Zambales, Bataan, Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol, Western Visayas
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Gener and the enhanced southwest monsoon also continue to affect coastal waters.
PAGASA released another gale warning at 5 pm on Tuesday, covering the western seaboard of Southern Luzon and the western and central seaboards of the Visayas, which have rough to very rough seas (waves 2.8 to 4.5 meters high). Travel is risky for small vessels.
Up to rough seas are also seen in the northern seaboards of the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Zamboanga Peninsula, and Northern Mindanao; the seaboard of Caraga; the eastern seaboards of the Davao Region and Eastern Visayas; and the southern seaboards of the Negros Island Region, Central Visayas, and Eastern Visayas (waves 1 to 3.5 meters high).
The remaining seaboards of the Philippines not covered by the gale warning will have up to moderate seas (waves up to 2.5 meters high). – Rappler.com
