Falcon decelerates over Philippine Sea; Habagat to bring rains —PAGASA

Tropical Storm Falcon (international name: Khanun) on Saturday morning decelerated while it moved westward over the Philippine Sea as the Southwest Monsoon brings rains over parts of Luzon and Visayas, PAGASA said in its bulletin.

At 10 a.m., the eye of Falcon was located at 1,315 km east of Central Luzon.

Falcon has maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h near the center, gustiness of up to 80 km/h, and central pressure of 998 hPa.

The storm is moving westward at 10 km/h.

From Falcon's center, strong to gale-force winds are extending outwards up to 700 km.

PAGASA has not raised an tropical cyclone wind signals at this time.

Falcon and Tropical Storm Egay which is currently over mainland China will enhance the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat).

Parts of western Luzon and Visayas will thus have occasional to monsoon rains in the next three days. —KG, GMA Integrated News

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