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On November 8, the [[Japan Meteorological Agency]] (JMA) began tracking a new tropical depression {{convert|132|nmi|round=5}} north-northwest of [[Palau]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-11-08|title=Weather Maps|url=https://www.jma.go.jp/en/g3/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108124305/https://www.jma.go.jp/en/g3/|archive-date=2020-11-08|access-date=2020-11-08|website=[[Japan Meteorological Agency]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-08|title=Significant Tropical Weather Advisory for the Western and South Pacific Oceans|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/abpwweb.txt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://wiki.chlod.net/jtwc/text/2020-11-08-0740-abpwweb.txt|archive-date=2020-11-08|access-date=2020-11-08|publisher=[[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]]}}</ref> At 12:00 UTC on the same day, the [[PAGASA]] declared the system as a tropical depression inside of the [[Philippine Area of Responsibility]], and named it ''Ulysses''.<ref>{{Cite PAGASA|date=2020-11-08|name=Ulysses|intl_name=|type=swb|no=1|category=TD|url=https://pubfiles.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/tamss/weather/bulletin_ulysses.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108153708/https://pubfiles.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/tamss/weather/bulletin_ulysses.pdf}}</ref> The next day at 7:15 UTC, the system strengthened into a tropical storm, earning the name ''Vamco'' by the JMA,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-11-08|title=Tropical Cyclone Information|url=https://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/2022.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.vn/gmogd|archive-date=2020-11-08|access-date=2020-11-08|website=[[Japan Meteorological Agency]]}}</ref> with the [[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]] later issuing their first warning on the system as a tropical depression.
On November 8, the [[Japan Meteorological Agency]] (JMA) began tracking a new tropical depression {{convert|132|nmi|round=5}} north-northwest of [[Palau]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-11-08|title=Weather Maps|url=https://www.jma.go.jp/en/g3/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108124305/https://www.jma.go.jp/en/g3/|archive-date=2020-11-08|access-date=2020-11-08|website=[[Japan Meteorological Agency]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-08|title=Significant Tropical Weather Advisory for the Western and South Pacific Oceans|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/abpwweb.txt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://wiki.chlod.net/jtwc/text/2020-11-08-0740-abpwweb.txt|archive-date=2020-11-08|access-date=2020-11-08|publisher=[[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]]}}</ref> At 12:00 UTC on the same day, the [[PAGASA]] declared the system as a tropical depression inside of the [[Philippine Area of Responsibility]], and named it ''Ulysses''.<ref>{{Cite PAGASA|date=2020-11-08|name=Ulysses|intl_name=|type=swb|no=1|category=TD|url=https://pubfiles.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/tamss/weather/bulletin_ulysses.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108153708/https://pubfiles.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/tamss/weather/bulletin_ulysses.pdf}}</ref> The next day at 7:15 UTC, the system strengthened into a tropical storm, earning the name ''Vamco'' by the JMA,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-11-08|title=Tropical Cyclone Information|url=https://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/2022.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.vn/gmogd|archive-date=2020-11-08|access-date=2020-11-08|website=[[Japan Meteorological Agency]]}}</ref> with the [[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]] later issuing their first warning on the system as a tropical depression.
As the system tracked closer to southern [[Luzon]], both the PAGASA and the JMA upgraded Vamco into a severe tropical storm.<ref>{{Cite PAGASA|date=2020-11-10|name=Ulysses|intl_name=Vamco|type=swb|no=8|category=STS|url=https://pubfiles.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/tamss/weather/bulletin_ulysses.pdf|archive-url=https://archive.org/download/pagasa-20-25W/PAGASA_20-25W_Ulysses_SWB%2308.pdf}}</ref> Vamco was then upgraded into typhoon status by the JMA on November 11, followed by the JTWC and the PAGASA shortly after.<ref>{{Cite JTWC|date=2020-11-11|type=warn|category=TY|designation=25W|no=7|name=Vamco|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/wp2520web.txt|archive-url=https://wiki.chlod.net/jtwc/text/2020-11-11-0200-wp2520web.txt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite PAGASA|date=2020-11-11|name=Ulysses|intl_name=Vamco|type=swb|no=13|category=TY|url=https://pubfiles.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/tamss/weather/bulletin_ulysses.pdf|archive-url=https://archive.org/download/pagasa-20-25W/PAGASA_20-25W_Ulysses_SWB%2313.pdf}}</ref> At 10:30 PM (PST), Vamco made its first landfall on [[Patnanungan]], [[Quezon]]. Later that day, Vamco made its second landfall in the [[Polillo Island|Polillo Islands]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Typhoon Vamco warning N°10 (JTWC)|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/wp2520web.txt|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>
As the system tracked closer to southern [[Luzon]], both the PAGASA and the JMA upgraded Vamco into a severe tropical storm.<ref>{{Cite PAGASA|date=2020-11-10|name=Ulysses|intl_name=Vamco|type=swb|no=8|category=STS|url=https://pubfiles.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/tamss/weather/bulletin_ulysses.pdf|archive-url=https://archive.org/download/pagasa-20-25W/PAGASA_20-25W_Ulysses_SWB%2308.pdf}}</ref> Vamco was then upgraded into typhoon status by the JMA on November 11, followed by the JTWC and the PAGASA shortly after.<ref>{{Cite JTWC|date=2020-11-11|type=warn|category=TY|designation=25W|no=7|name=Vamco|url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/wp2520web.txt|archive-url=https://wiki.chlod.net/jtwc/text/2020-11-11-0200-wp2520web.txt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite PAGASA|date=2020-11-11|name=Ulysses|intl_name=Vamco|type=swb|no=13|category=TY|url=https://pubfiles.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/tamss/weather/bulletin_ulysses.pdf|archive-url=https://archive.org/download/pagasa-20-25W/PAGASA_20-25W_Ulysses_SWB%2313.pdf}}</ref> At 22:30 [[Philippine Standard Time|PHT]] (16:30 UTC), Vamco made its first landfall on [[Patnanungan]], [[Quezon]].<ref>{{Cite PAGASA|date=2020-11-11|name=Ulysses|intl_name=Vamco|type=swb|no=17|category=TY|url=|archive-url=https://archive.org/download/pagasa-20-25W/PAGASA_20-25W_Ulysses_SWB%2317.pdf|bulletin-url-postfix=_ulysses}}</ref> Later that day, Vamco made its second landfall in [[General Nakar]], Quezon.<ref>{{Cite PAGASA|date=2020-11-11|name=Ulysses|intl_name=Vamco|type=swb|no=18|category=TY|url=https://pubfiles.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/tamss/weather/bulletin_ulysses.pdf|archive-url=https://archive.org/download/pagasa-20-25W/PAGASA_20-25W_Ulysses_SWB%2318.pdf}}</ref>


==== Current storm information ====
==== Current storm information ====

Revision as of 04:24, 12 November 2020

Vamco (Ulysses)
Current storm status
Severe tropical storm  (JMA)
Current storm status
Category 1 typhoon (1-min mean)
Satellite image
Forecast map
As of:21:00 UTC, November 11
Location:15°30′N 120°30′E / 15.5°N 120.5°E / 15.5; 120.5 (Vamco (Ulysses))
110 nmi (205 km; 125 mi) E of Manila, Philippines
Sustained winds:60 knots (110 km/h; 70 mph) (10-min mean)
95 knots (175 km/h; 110 mph) (1-min mean)
gusting to 85 knots (155 km/h; 100 mph)
Pressure:980 hPa (28.94 inHg)
Movement:WNW at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
See more detailed information.

Typhoon Vamco, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Ulysses, is currently an active Category 1-equivalent typhoon which earlier made its landfall in the Philippines. The twenty-second named storm and tenth typhoon of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season, Vamco originated as a tropical depression northwest of Palau, where it slowly continued its northwest track until it made landfall in Quezon. The typhoon actually threathens South China and Vietnam.

Meteorological history

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Map key
Saffir–Simpson scale
  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown
Storm type
triangle Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

On November 8, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) began tracking a new tropical depression 132 nautical miles (245 km; 150 mi) north-northwest of Palau.[1][2] At 12:00 UTC on the same day, the PAGASA declared the system as a tropical depression inside of the Philippine Area of Responsibility, and named it Ulysses.[3] The next day at 7:15 UTC, the system strengthened into a tropical storm, earning the name Vamco by the JMA,[4] with the Joint Typhoon Warning Center later issuing their first warning on the system as a tropical depression. As the system tracked closer to southern Luzon, both the PAGASA and the JMA upgraded Vamco into a severe tropical storm.[5] Vamco was then upgraded into typhoon status by the JMA on November 11, followed by the JTWC and the PAGASA shortly after.[6][7] At 22:30 PHT (16:30 UTC), Vamco made its first landfall on Patnanungan, Quezon.[8] Later that day, Vamco made its second landfall in General Nakar, Quezon.[9]

Current storm information

As of 21:00 UTC November 11, Severe Tropical Storm Vamco (Ulysses) is located near 15°30′N 120°30′E / 15.5°N 120.5°E / 15.5; 120.5 (Vamco), also about 110 nautical miles (205 km; 125 mi) east of Manila, Philippines. Maximum 10-minute sustained winds are at 60 knots (110 km/h; 70 mph), while maximum 1-minute sustained winds are at 95 knots (175 km/h; 110 mph), with gusts up to 85 knots (155 km/h; 100 mph). The minimum central barometric pressure is 980 hPa (28.94 inHg), and the system is moving west-northwestward at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph).

For the latest official information see:

Watches and warnings

Active tropical cyclone wind signals issued by the PAGASA for Vamco (Ulysses).
Philippines (as of 03:00 UTC (11:00 PHT))
Signal #3
Winds of 89–117 km/h (55–72 mph) are expected to occur within 18 hours.
Signal #2
Winds of 62–88 km/h (39–54 mph) are expected to occur within 24 hours.
Signal #1
Winds of 39–61 km/h (24–38 mph) are expected to occur within 36 hours.
Source: PAGASA

Preparations

Philippines

As Vamco initially formed inside of the Philippine Area of Responsibility, the PAGASA immediately began issuing severe weather bulletins in preparation for the typhoon.[10] The Philippines had recently been hit with three other tropical cyclones — Typhoon Molave, Typhoon Goni, and Tropical Storm Etau — making this the fourth tropical cyclone to approach Luzon in the past month. After Goni damaged the PAGASA's weather monitoring station in Catanduanes, one of the only three stations in the country, typhoon tracking was done manually.[11]

Residents in the Pollilo Islands and in Central Luzon were forced to evacuate a day before the storm's landfall.[12][13] 14,000 residents were also to be evacuated in Camarines Norte.[14] Bicol Region, one of the regions worst hit by Goni last month, evacuated 12,812 individuals ahead of the incoming storm.[15] Over 2,071 passengers were stranded in ports in multiple regions of Luzon as sea conditions worsened.[16] The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology issued lahar warnings for the Mayon Volcano and the Taal Volcano hours prior to the typhoon's landfall.[17]

Philippine Airlines suspended flights due to the inclement weather brought by Vamco.[18] The Office of the President of the Philippines suspended work in government offices and classes in public schools in 7 regions, including the National Capital Region.[19]

Impact

Philippines

Even before the typhoon's landfall, Catanduanes had already experienced heavy rains, causing floods and rockslides in the province. Flood waters were reported to reach the roofs of some houses in Bagamanoc.[20]

Several areas in Luzon, including Metro Manila, reported that they experienced power outages upon the typhoon making its landfall.[21][22] Financial markets in the Philippines were closed due to the storm on November 12.[23]

As of 11 November 2020, the Office of Civil Defense in the Bicol Region has recorded 1 dead, 3 missing, and more than 170,000 displaced in Bicol due to Typhoon Vamco.[24]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Weather Maps". Japan Meteorological Agency. 2020-11-08. Archived from the original on 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  2. ^ "Significant Tropical Weather Advisory for the Western and South Pacific Oceans". Joint Typhoon Warning Center. 2020-11-08. Archived from the original on 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  3. ^ "Severe Weather Bulletin #1 for Tropical Depression 'Ulysses'" (PDF). PAGASA. 8 November 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Tropical Cyclone Information". Japan Meteorological Agency. 2020-11-08. Archived from the original on 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  5. ^ "Severe Weather Bulletin #8 for Severe Tropical Storm 'Ulysses' (Vamco)" (PDF). PAGASA. 10 November 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  6. ^ Typhoon 25W (Vamco) Warning No. 7 (Report). United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020. {{cite report}}: |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help)
  7. ^ "Severe Weather Bulletin #13 for Typhoon 'Ulysses' (Vamco)" (PDF). PAGASA. 11 November 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Severe Weather Bulletin #17 for Typhoon 'Ulysses' (Vamco)". PAGASA. 11 November 2020. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); |archive-url= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  9. ^ "Severe Weather Bulletin #18 for Typhoon 'Ulysses' (Vamco)" (PDF). PAGASA. 11 November 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Low pressure area east of Mindanao now tropical depression Ulysses". ABS-CBN News. 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2020-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "WATCH: Ulysses being monitored manually in Catanduanes after Rolly damaged weather tools". GMA News Online. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  12. ^ "Local Authorities evacuate thousands as Typhoon 'Ulysses' approaches". interaksyon.philstar.com. Interaksyon Philippine Star. November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  13. ^ "Forced evacuation starts as C. Luzon braces for 'Ulysses'". www.pna.gov.ph. Retrieved 2020-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "14,000 families to be evacuated in Camarines Norte amid Ulysses' threat". GMA News Online. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  15. ^ "OCD V says over 3,000 families preemptively evacuated in Bicol". GMA News Online. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  16. ^ "Over 2K stranded in ports due to Typhoon Ulysses". www.pna.gov.ph. Retrieved 2020-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "Lahar warning raised in the wake of typhoon Ulysses". Manila Bulletin. 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  18. ^ "PAL cancels several international, domestic flights due to 'Ulysses'". GMA News Online. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  19. ^ "Palace suspends gov't work and classes today, tomorrow due to 'Ulysses'". Manila Bulletin. 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  20. ^ "Ulysses triggers flood, rockslide in Catanduanes". GMA News Online. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  21. ^ "Power outages reported in Marikina City, Parts of Batangas, other areas". gmanetwork.com. GMA News. November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  22. ^ Casinas, Jhon Aldrin (November 12, 2020). "Some Areas in Pasig experience power interruption as Ulysses Brings strong winds, heavy rain in Metro Manila". mb.com.ph. Manila Bulletin. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  23. ^ Clarissa Batino, Cecilia Yap (November 11, 2020). "Philippine Markets Shut as New Storm Slams Into Luzon, Killing 1". bloomberg.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  24. ^ "1 dead, 3 missing, and more than 170,000 displaced in Bicol due to Typhoon Ulysses". ABS-CBN News Online. Retrieved 2020-11-12.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Typhoon Vamco (2020).
  • 25W.VAMCO from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
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