Typhoon CHEDENG (GUCHOL) Final StormWatch

Typhoon (TY) CHEDENG [GUCHOL] has accelerated rapidly northeastward during the past 12 hours and left the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) just after sunset. It is currently in a weakening phase, and has been downgraded to a minimal typhoon (Category 1).

This is the Final Advisory on this Tropical Cyclone.

TY CHEDENG will continue to slightly enhance the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat), bringing scattered to occasional rain showers with severe thunderstorms across the western sections of Luzon and MiMaRoPa tonight and tomorrow.  Please take all necessary precautions against floods and landslides. 

• Location of Eye/Center: Over the Sea South of Japan (near 25.5°N 133.8°E)
• Distance 1: 1,230 km east of Taipei, Taiwan
• Distance 2: 1,330 km east-northeast of Basco, Batanes
• Distance 3: 1,430 km northeast of Santa Ana, Cagayan

• TY Chedeng (Guchol) is expected to become a Subtropical Cyclone within the next 24 to 36 hours, then into an Extratropical Cyclone within 48 to 72 hours.

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