Typhoon INDAY (MUIFA) StormWatch No. 04

INDAY (MUIFA) has strengthened into a full-blown Typhoon as it moves northwest towards East Taiwan Sea.  Its threat to the Philippine Islands remains low.  However, its southwesternmost outer rainbands will reach the Batanes and Babuyan Island Group where occasional rain showers and some breezy conditions will be expected this weekend.

Meanwhile, a slight enhancement of the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) will bring isolated to scattered rain showers and thunderstorms across the Western Sections of Central & Southern Luzon including Metro Manila, Mindoro, and Palawan today and tomorrow.

• Location of Center: Along the western part of the North Philippine Sea (near 21.3°N 125.4°E)
• Distance 1: 365 km east-northeast of Basco, Batanes
• Distance 2: 462 km northeast of Santa Ana, Cagayan
• Distance 3: 465  km east-northeast of Calayan Island, Cagayan

• Latest 2 to 3 day forecast (Sept 12-13) shows the typhoon slowing down over the East Taiwan Sea, while passing in between Yonaguni and Ishigaki Islands, with increasing 1-min. wind velocity of up to 215 kph.
• Forecast to exit the northwestern border of the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Tuesday morning (Sept 13).

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