Typhoon CHEDENG (GUCHOL) StormWatch No. 02

CHEDENG (GUCHOL) has strengthened into a Typhoon (TY) this morning…maintains its slow west-northwest track across the Philippine Sea. This system will not directly affect any part of the country, and it is forecast to start initiating recurvature towards the Sea south of Japan this weekend. 

TY CHEDENG will slightly enhance the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) and could bring scattered to occasional rain showers and severe thunderstorms across the western sections of the country this weekend.  Please take all necessary precautions against floods and landslides.

• Location of Eye/Center: Over the northern portion of the Central Philippine Sea (near 16.3°N 131.0°E)
• Distance 1: 775 km east-northeast of Pandan, Catanduanes
• Distance 2: 950 km east of Casiguran, Aurora
• Distance 3: 965 km east-southeast of Santa Ana, Cagayan

• Will not directly affect any part of the Philippines.
• TY Chedeng (Guchol) is expected to continue intensifying, reaching peak winds of  165 km/hr by tomorrow afternoon (Fri June 09).
• All of the Global Typhoon Models continue to show a recurvature of Chedeng this weekend in the general direction of the Sea south of Japan. 
• Forecast to exit the Philippine Area of  Responsibility (PAR) on Monday morning, June 12.
• This system may enhance the Southwest Monsoon (#Habagat) and bring scattered to occasional rain showers across the western sections of the country this weekend.

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