'Bagyong Rolly' PAGASA weather update October 30, 2020

MANILA, Philippines – 'Bagyong Rolly' (Goni) rapidly intensified into a typhoon and forecast to continuously intensify over the Philippine Sea, state weather bureau PAGASA announced in its 5:00 am bulletin on Friday, October 30, 2020.

'Bagyong Rolly' PAGASA weather update October 30, 2020
Satellite image of Typhoon Rolly (Goni) as of 7:40 am, October 30. PAGASA

Typhoon 'Rolly' is likely to make landfall at peak intensity of 165-185 km/hr over the Central Luzon-Quezon area on Sunday evening or Monday morning.

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At 4:00 am today, the eye of the typhoon was estimated based on all available data at 1,185 km East of Central Luzon with maximum sustained winds of 140 km/h near the center and gustiness up to 170 km/h. It is moving Westward at 20 km/h.

Forecast track
  • Saturday morning, October 31: 895 km East of Baler, Aurora
  • Sunday morning, November 1: 445 km East of Infanta, Quezon
  • Monday morning, November 2: 75km Northwest of Infanta, Quezon

'Bagyong Rolly' PAGASA weather update October 30, 2020

What to expect?


Strong winds: No locality is currently under the Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 (TCWS) No. 1. However, in the anticipation of the arrival of strong to near-gale conditions due to 'Rolly', TCWS #1 may be raised over several provinces in the Bicol Region as early as this evening.

Given that it is likely for this typhoon to continue intensifying prior to landfall, the highest possible TCWS that will be raaised throughout the passage of this typhoon will be TCWS No. 3 or No. 4 (associated with destructive typhoon-force winds).

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'Bagyong Rolly' uses the international name 'Goni' (meaning: swan). The name was contributed by the Republic of Korea.

This tropical cyclone is the Philippines' 18th tropical cyclone for 2020, and the 5th for October.

Other tropical systems being monitored

At 8:00 PM on Thursday, the Tropical Depression outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) has intensified into Tropical Storm 'Atsani'. Its center was estimated at 2,430 km East of Mindanao.

It has maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 80 km/h. It is moving northward at 20 km/h.

Based on all available meteorological data, this tropical cyclone is likely to enter the PAR on Sunday or Monday. However, it is less likely to bring severe weather over any locality of the country over the next 3 days. Once inside the PAR, 'Atsani' will be assigned the domestic name 'Siony'.

— The Summit Express



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