Inday's trough to bring cloudy skies, isolated rains over NCR, rest of country

Typhoon Inday (international name: Muifa) is moving slowly over the East China Sea on Tuesday outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), but its trough or extension will cause rain showers over parts of the country, PAGASA said in its early morning bulletin.

The National Capital Region and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the trough of the typhoon and localized thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides may result during severe thunderstorms.

At 4 a.m., the center of the eye of Inday was estimated at 560 kilometers north northeast of Itbayat, Batanes packing maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour near the center, gustiness of up to 170 km/h, and central pressure of 965 hPa.

The typhoon, which continues its slow movement in the north northeast direction, packs strong to typhoon-force winds that extend outwards up to 380 km from the center.

No Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal is currently in effect, said the weather bureau.

Heavy rainfall, severe winds

Inday  is unlikely to directly bring heavy rains in the country.

However, gusty conditions reaching strong to gale-force strength will be experienced over extreme northern Luzon on  Tuesday and Wednesday due to the channeling of the typhoon circulation in the Luzon Strait.

A gale warning remains in effect for the seaboards of Batanes and Babuyan Islands due to Inday.

Typhoon Inday left PAR at 12:40 a.m. on Tuesday and is forecast to track slowly before gradually accelerating north northwestward over the East China Sea. It may possibly make landfall in the vicinity of Shanghai or Zhejiang along the east coast of China.

"Unless a re-entry in the PAR region occurs, this is the final bulletin for this tropical cyclone. Succeeding updates will be provided in the 24-Hour Public Weather Forecast at 4:00 PM today," said PAGASA.

Tropical depression outside PAR

Meanwhile, PAGASA is also monitoring a tropical depression located over the Philippine Sea but still outside PAR.

The tropical depression may enter PAR on Thursday afternoon or evening, PAGASA said in a separate advisory. It is forecast to be a typhoon as it enters PAR.

Once inside PAR, it will be called "Josie."

TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVISORY NO. 1
Tropical Depression
Issued at 5:00 AM, 13 September 2022
Valid for broadcast until the next advisory at 11:00 AM today

THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION OUTSIDE THE PHILIPPINE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY CONTINUES TO MEANDER OVER THE PHILIPPINE SEA

DOST-PAGASA pic.twitter.com/5jhs83F05v

— PAGASA-DOST (@dost_pagasa) September 12, 2022

At 4 a.m. Tuesday, the center of the tropical depression was estimated to be located at 1,720 km east of Extreme Northern Luzon.

It has maximum sustained winds of 45 km/h near the center, gustiness of up to 55 km/h, and central pressure of 1000 hPa.

The tropical depression is slowly moving eastward.

From the tropical depression's center, strong winds are extending outwards up to 150 km.

The tropical depression is seen to drift generally east northeastward or become almost stationary in the next 36 hours.

It will then turn sharply northwestward or west northwestward on Thursday, accelerating in the process.

"This tropical cyclone is forecast to remain far from the Philippine landmass and not directly affect the weather condition in the country. However, it may enhance the Southwest Monsoon within the forecast period," PAGASA said.

Monsoon rains may thus be expected over the western sections of Southern Luzon and Visayas starting Wednesday or on Thursday.

Meanwhile, sunrise will be at 5:45 a.m. and sunset at 5:59 p.m. on Tuesday. —BAP, GMA News