Typhoon Tino (international name: Kalmaegi) exited the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) early Thursday morning, but its trough continues to bring rain to parts of Luzon and Mindanao, the state weather bureau said.
Kalmaegi was tracked early Thursday morning, about 265 kilometers north-northwest of Pag-asa Island, Kalayaan, Palawan, moving west-northwest at 35 kilometers per hour (kph), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said.
The storm has maximum sustained winds of 155 kph and gusts of up to 190 kph as it heads towards Central Vietnam.
Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 remains in effect in the Kalayaan Islands due to Kalmaegi’s extensive circulation.
Pagasa also reported that the trough of the typhoon is bringing scattered rains and thunderstorms to the following areas:
Aurora
Quezon
rest of Palawan
Zamboanga Peninsula
Basilan
Tawi-Tawi
Meanwhile, two other weather systems are affecting the rest of Luzon.
Separately, the northeast monsoon, or ‘amihan,’ will bring rains to Batanes, while the shear line triggers scattered rain and isolated thunderstorms in Cagayan, Pagasa added.
Localized thunderstorms are also forecast to bring isolated rain showers to Metro Manila and the rest of the country.
Pagasa is also monitoring Tropical Storm Fung Wong, which is still outside of PAR, at 1,735 kilometers east of northeastern Mindanao, moving northwestward at 20 kph.
Fung Wong has maximum sustained winds of 65 kph and gusts of up to 80 kph.
Pagasa said Fung Wong is expected to ‘rapidly intensify and may reach typhoon category on Friday, and super typhoon category on Saturday.’
Fung Wong is forecast to enter PAR on Friday evening or Saturday morning, and Pagasa will assign the domestic name Uwan.