============================================================================== NAGA CITY GOVERNMENT/TYPHOON2000.COM/NAGA COLLEGE FOUNDATION ============================================================================== TYPHOON YOYONG UNOFFICIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 01 5 PM TUE NOV 30, 2004 Source: Joint Typhoon Warning Center (US Navy/Air Force) Warning #07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TYPHOON YOYONG (NANMADOL) CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE CLOSER TO YAP ISLAND AND IS EXPECTED TO ENTER THE PHILIPPINE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (PAR) TOMORROW MORNING. THE OUTER RAIN CLOUDS OF THE TYPHOON IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT NAGA CITY AND THE REST OF BICOL REGION BEGINNING TOMORROW AFTERNOON. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AT 5 PM TODAY (0900 GMT) NOV 30 LOCATION OF EYE: 9.8 DEG NORTH LATITUDE 138.2 DEG EAST LONGITUDE DISTANCE: 1,686 KM. EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NAGA CITY MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS (1-MIN. AVE.): 140 KPH NEAR THE CENTER GUSTINESS: 165 KPH ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE: 967 MILLIBARS (MB.) MOVING: WEST-NORTHWEST AT 39 KPH TOWARDS: YAP ISLAND WAVE HEIGHT: 22 FEET (6.7 METERS) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24-HOUR FORECAST - 2 PM WED DEC 01 ---------------------------------- COORDINATES: 12.3N 131.8E DISTANCE: 943 EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NAGA CITY MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 185 KPH GUSTINESS: 230 KPH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48-HOUR FORECAST - 2 PM THU DEC 02 ---------------------------------- COORDINATES: 14.3N 125.1E DISTANCE: 220 EAST-NORTHEAST OF NAGA CITY / 115 KM. NE OF VIRAC, CATANDUANES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 220 KPH GUSTINESS: 270 KPH --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 72-HOUR FORECAST - 2 PM FRI DEC 03 ---------------------------------- COORDINATES: 17.0N 119.9E DISTANCE: 518 WEST-NORTHWEST OF NAGA CITY / OVER THE COAST OF LA UNION. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 185 KPH GUSTINESS: 230 KPH --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POTENTIAL EFFECTS TO NAGA CITY: THE EYE OF TYPHOON YOYONG IS NOW FORECAST TO PASS ABOUT 160 KM. TO THE NORTHEAST OF NAGA CITY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON OF DECEMBER 02 AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BE UNDER THE DANGEROUS EYEWALL, WHERE MOST OF ITS DANGEROUS WINDS AND STRONG RAINS CAN BE FOUND; HOWEVER, DURING ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO NAGA, WINDS FROM 60 TO 100 KPH COMING FROM THE NORTH, THEN SHIFTING FROM THE WEST CAN STILL BE EXPECTED IN THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 02 UP TO THE EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED AS THE TYPHOON MOVES CLOSER TO OUR CITY. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, KINDLY MONITOR THE OFFICIAL PAGASA BULLETINS WHICH IS ISSUED EVERY 06 HOURS. WATCH FOR THE NEXT ADVISORY TO BE ISSUED AT 11 PM TONIGHT AS FORECAST DO CHANGE PERIODICALLY.