WEATHER.COM.PH TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATES SUPER TYPHOON HAIYAN UPDATE NUMBER 007 (CORRECTED) Issued at: 6:00 AM PhT (22:00 GMT) Thursday 07 November 2013 Next Update: 12:00 NN PhT (04:00 GMT) Thursday 07 November 2013 HAIYAN (YOLANDA) becomes an Extremely Catastrophic Super Typhoon and is considered as the most powerful of all Super Typhoons for 2013...now endangers Leyte and Samar Provinces..as well as the whole of Central Visayas. The potential landfall area of this super typhoon is likely along the Northern Leyte on or before noontime Friday, November 08. Important Note: This typhoon is similar in track but more powerful in strength of Super Typhoon MIKE (RUPING) which passed across the Visayas on November 12, 1990 which devastated much of Central Visayas paricularly Cebu. Residents living along the eastern seaboards of the Philippines from Northern Quezon...Bicol Region...down to Northeastern Mindanao should continue monitoring the approach of this destructive typhoon for possible unprecendented track changes. Plans for emergency situations and/or disaster management planning must be completed as soon as possible as the dangerous cyclone is only 1 day away from hitting land. Residents and visitors along Northeastern Mindanao, Visayas, and Bicol Region should closely monitor the development of Haiyan. Do not use this for life or death decisions. This update is intended for additional information purposes only. Kindly refer to your national weather agency for official warnings, advisories or bulletins. CURRENT STORM ANALYSIS [CORRECTED] As of 5:00 am today, the eye of STY Haiyan was located over the South Philippine Sea...about 975 km southeast of Tacloban City, Leyte or 1,065 km east-southeast of Metro Cebu...currently moving very quickly west-northwest with a forward speed of 35 km/hr towards Leyte and Southern Samar Area. Maximum Sustained Winds (1-min. avg) have rapidly increased to 280 km/hr near the center with higher gusts. Typhoon Force Winds (118 km/hr or more) extend outward up to 85 kilometers from the center...and Tropical Storm Force Winds (63-117 km/hr) extend outward up to 230 kilometers from the center. STY Haiyan remains a small-sized tropical cyclone with a diameter of 555 kilometers across.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:38:41 +0000
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