Strengthening Typhoon Kammuri likely to strike the Philippines this week
By
Courtney Travis, AccuWeather senior meteorologist &
Eric Leister, AccuWeather senior meteorologist
Published Nov 27, 2019 4:18 PM EDT
A strengthening typhoon will continue to approach the Philippines into Monday, before striking the country with significant impacts into Wednesday.
As of Sunday night, local time, Kammuri was categorized as a typhoon with wind speeds near 140 km/h (87 mph).
Kammuri is being referred to as Tisoy in the Philippines.
Kammuri is expected to continue on a general westerly path prior to making landfall in southern Luzon.
Favorable strengthening conditions will prevail through landfall, which may allow for significant strengthening into Monday afternoon.
Should this be the case, damaging winds of more than 160 km/h (100 mph) will be likely near where Kammuri makes landfall. Despite weakening as the storm tracks westward across southern Luzon and northern Mindoro, damaging winds will continue near the storms path with gusts over 110 km/h (68 mph). Strong winds will affect the Manila area from Tuesday afternoon into early Tuesday night, local time.
A more expansive impact will be a lengthy period of heavy tropical downpours leading to flooding in the region, as well as mudslides in the hilly terrain.
Rainfall of 150-300 mm (6-12 inches) will be likely closest to the center of Kammuri with an AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 500 mm (20 inches)
At this time, areas across the Philippines from Samar Island and northern Panay Island through Luzon are the most at risk for these impacts.
Once back over water in the South China Sea, the warm waters are conducive to keeping Kammuri together for a time. However, Kammuri will encounter less favorable conditions which will cause the storm to weaken dramatically or dissipate completely before reaching Vietnam or China.
Either way, rough seas will be expected in the South China Sea during the middle and later part of this week.
Behind Kammuri, there could be more development south of Guam early this week. At this time, Guam is expected to avoid any impacts from this tropical threat.
Locations from Yap to Palau will be at greatest risk for enhanced rainfall as the tropical threat tries to organize this week.
Keep checking back with AccuWeather as meteorologists continue to monitor the tropical activity in the Western Pacific Basin.
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Strengthening Typhoon Kammuri likely to strike the Philippines this week
By Courtney Travis, AccuWeather senior meteorologist & Eric Leister, AccuWeather senior meteorologist
Published Nov 27, 2019 4:18 PM EDT
A strengthening typhoon will continue to approach the Philippines into Monday, before striking the country with significant impacts into Wednesday.
As of Sunday night, local time, Kammuri was categorized as a typhoon with wind speeds near 140 km/h (87 mph).
Kammuri is being referred to as Tisoy in the Philippines.
Kammuri is expected to continue on a general westerly path prior to making landfall in southern Luzon.
Favorable strengthening conditions will prevail through landfall, which may allow for significant strengthening into Monday afternoon.
Should this be the case, damaging winds of more than 160 km/h (100 mph) will be likely near where Kammuri makes landfall. Despite weakening as the storm tracks westward across southern Luzon and northern Mindoro, damaging winds will continue near the storms path with gusts over 110 km/h (68 mph). Strong winds will affect the Manila area from Tuesday afternoon into early Tuesday night, local time.
A more expansive impact will be a lengthy period of heavy tropical downpours leading to flooding in the region, as well as mudslides in the hilly terrain.
Rainfall of 150-300 mm (6-12 inches) will be likely closest to the center of Kammuri with an AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 500 mm (20 inches)
At this time, areas across the Philippines from Samar Island and northern Panay Island through Luzon are the most at risk for these impacts.
Once back over water in the South China Sea, the warm waters are conducive to keeping Kammuri together for a time. However, Kammuri will encounter less favorable conditions which will cause the storm to weaken dramatically or dissipate completely before reaching Vietnam or China.
Either way, rough seas will be expected in the South China Sea during the middle and later part of this week.
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Behind Kammuri, there could be more development south of Guam early this week. At this time, Guam is expected to avoid any impacts from this tropical threat.
Locations from Yap to Palau will be at greatest risk for enhanced rainfall as the tropical threat tries to organize this week.
Keep checking back with AccuWeather as meteorologists continue to monitor the tropical activity in the Western Pacific Basin.
Report a Typo