Tropical storm "Kristine" maintains its strength as it moves west-northwestward over the sea east of Quezon, PAGASA reported early Wednesday.
According to the weather bureau's 8 AM bulletin, "Kristine" is currently positioned 310 km east of Baler, Aurora, or 310 km east-northeast of Infanta, Quezon.
The storm has maximum sustained winds of 85 km/h, gusts reaching up to 105 km/h, and is moving west-northwest at 15 km/h.
Tropical Wind Signal No. 2 has been raised in the following areas:
- Ilocos Norte
- Ilocos Sur
- La Union
- Pangasinan
- Apayao
- Abra
- Kalinga
- Mountain Province
- Ifugao
- Benguet
- mainland Cagayan
- Isabela
- Quirino
- Nueva Vizcaya
- Aurora
- Nueva Ecija
- Bulacan
- Tarlac
- Pampanga
- Zambales
- northern and eastern portions of Quezon
- Polillo Islands
- Camarines Norte
- Camarines Sur
- Catanduanes
- Albay
- northeastern portion of Sorsogon
Residents in these areas are advised of a potential minor to moderate threat to life and property due to winds associated with Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1.
Furthermore, TCWS No. 1 is hoisted in the following areas:
Luzon
- Batanes
- Babuyan Islands
- Bataan
- Metro Manila
- Rizal
- Cavite
- Laguna
- Batangas
- the rest of Quezon
- Occidental Mindoro
- Oriental Mindoro
- Marinduque
- Romblon
- Calamian Islands
- rest of Sorsogon
- Masbate
Visayas
- Aklan
- Capiz
- Antique
- Iloilo
- Guimaras
- northern portion of Negros Occidental
- northern portion of Negros Oriental
- northern and central portions of Cebu
- Bohol
- the rest of Eastern Samar
- the rest of Northern Samar
- Samar
- Leyte
- Biliran
- Southern Leyte
Mindanao
- Dinagat Islands
- Surigao del Norte
The potential impact of the winds in these areas poses a minimal to minor threat to life and property.
Moreover, a Gale Warning has been issued for the seaboards of Luzon and Visayas.
"Kristine" is expected to move generally northwestward for the next 12 hours before shifting to a westward direction for the remainder of the forecast period. It is projected to make landfall over Isabela or northern Aurora tonight or early tomorrow morning
The tropical storm is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Friday.
The next tropical cyclone bulletin is scheduled to be released at 11:00 AM today.
