MANILA, Philippines Updated 8:27 a.m.) — Severe Tropical Storm Maring has slightly intensified as it continues to move over the Luzon Strait and West Philippine Sea, state weather bureau PAGASA said.
PAGASA said Maring is forecast to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Tuesday morning or afternoon.
At 7 a.m., the weather disturbance was located 230 km west of Calayan, Cagayan with winds of 100 kph and gusts of up to 125 kph. It is moving westward at 25 kph.
Tropical cyclone wind signals are up in:
Signal No. 2
(Damaging gale to storm-force winds prevailing or expected within 24 hours)
- Batanes
- Cagayan including Babuyan Islands
- the northern portion of Isabela (Palanan, Divilacan, Maconacon, Ilagan City, Tumauini, Cabagan, San Pablo, Santa Maria, Santo Tomas, Delfin Albano, Quirino, Gamu, Roxas, Mallig, Quezon)
- Apayao
- Kalinga
- Mountain Province
- Abra
- Ilocos Norte
- Ilocos Sur
Signal No. 1
(Strong winds prevailing or expected within 36 hours)
- the rest of Isabela
- Nueva Vizcaya
- Quirino
- Ifugao
- Benguet
- La Union
- Pangasinan
- Aurora
- Nueva Ecija
- Tarlac
- Zambales
- Pampanga
- Bulacan
- the northern portion of Bataan (Samal, Morong, Dinalupihan, Abucay, Orani, Hermosa)
- the northern portion of Quezon (General Nakar, Infanta) including Polillo Islands
What to expect
Heavy rainfall
Heavy to torrential rains over:
- Batanes
- the northern portion of Cagayan including Babuyan Islands
- Cordillera Administrative Region
- Ilocos Region
Moderate to heavy with at times intense rains over:
- Zambales
- Bataan
- Tarlac
- the rest of Cagayan
Light to moderate with at times heavy rains over:
- Metro Manila
- Central Luzon
- the rest of Cagayan Valley
Severe winds
- Gale-force to storm-force strength within any of the areas under Signal No. 2
- Strong winds (strong breeze to near gale conditions) with higher gusts within any of the areas under Signal No. 1
- Gusty conditions reaching strong to gale-force in strength over Visayas, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte, Agusan del Norte, Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental, Camiguin, Zamboanga del Norte, and the rest of Luzon
Hazards affecting coastal waters
- Rough to high seas (2.8 to 7.5 m) will be experienced over the seaboards of areas under Signals No. 1 and 2
- Moderate to rough seas (1.2 to 2.5 m) will prevail the remaining seaboards of the country
- Gale Warning remains in effect for the western seaboard of Central Luzon (not under any TCWS), the seaboards of Southern Luzon and Visayas, and the western, eastern, and northern seaboards of Mindanao
Forecast position
- Tuesday afternoon: 460 km West of Calayan, Cagayan (outside the PAR)
- Wednesday morning: 765 km West of Calayan, Cagayan (outside the PAR)
- Thursday morning: 1,080 km West of Extreme Northern Luzon (outside the PAR)
— Patricia Lourdes Viray