Storm signals 'unlikely' due to Falcon —PAGASA

The state weather bureau PAGASA said on Saturday that Tropical Cyclone Wind Signals are unlikely due to Tropical Storm Falcon as the weather disturbance is not expected to make landfall.

At the Saturday News Forum in Quezon City, PAGASA deputy administrator Nathaniel Servando said Falcon, unlike Egay, which was a super typhoon, will only reach typhoon level in terms of intensity.

“Maaring mag-intensify pa ito into a typhoon, pero inaasahan natin na within two days or three days ito ay lalabas din ng Philippine Area of Responsibility,” Servando said.

(It may intensify into a typhoon, but within two or three days it may already be out of the Philippine Area of Responsibility.)

“Subalit inaasahan ito ay ie-enhance ang habagat na maaring makaapekto sa Southern Luzon, Visayas, and some parts of Mindanao,” he said.

(It may enhance the southwest monsoon which may affect Southern Luzon, Visayas, and some parts of Mindanao.)

The PAGASA official said the state weather bureau is “unlilkely mag issue ng storm wind signal in any parts of the country” due to Falcon.

“Inaasahan natin na ito ay hindi lalapit sa ating mga kalupaan,” Servando said.

(We expect it not to come close to any landmass.)

In PAGASA's 11 am bulletin, Tropical Storm Falcon on Saturday morning decelerated while it moved westward over the Philippine Sea as the Southwest Monsoon brings rains over parts of Luzon and Visayas.

The center of Tropical Storm Falcon was estimated 1,315 kilometers east of Central Luzon packing maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 80 km/h.

Falcon is moving west-northwestward at the speed of 10 km/h. —VAL, GMA Integrated News