MANILA, Philippines ─ Tropical Storm Pilandok slightly accelerated and was about to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Thursday morning.
In its Tropical Cyclone Bulletin issued at 5 a.m., Pagasa said the storm's center was about 1,030 kilometers east northeast of extreme north Luzon as of 4 a.m.
"Pilandok" was moving northwestward at 20 kilometers per hour (km/h) with maximum sustained winds of 75 km/h near the center and gustiness reaching 90 km/h.
"Pilandok is forecast to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) this morning," Pagasa said.
"Outside PAR, this tropical cyclone will continue moving generally northwestward towards southern Japan. Beginning tomorrow (04 September) until Sunday (06 September), it will remain almost stationary then move generally southward, looping over the area of Okinawa-Amami islands. By Monday (07 September), it will move generally southeastward before turning northeastward by Tuesday (08 September)," it said.
"Pilandok is forecast to remain as a tropical storm throughout the entire forecast period," it said.
By 11 p.m. on Wednesday when Pagasa issued the previous bulletin, "Pilandok" had slightly intensified to having maximum sustained winds of 75 km/h near the center from 65 km/h and gustiness reaching 90 km/h from 80 km/h.
Meanwhile, in a weather advisory issued at 5 a.m. on Thursday, Pagasa forecasted that the southwest monsoon would bring 50 to 100 millimeters (mm) of rainfall today in Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Abra, Benguet, Zambales, Bataan, and Occidental Mindoro.
