================================================================================= A JOINT EFFORT OF NAGA CITY GOVERNMENT, TYPHOON2000.COM & NAGA COLLEGE FOUNDATION ================================================================================= TYPHOON YOYONG UNOFFICIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 06 11:00 PM WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 01, 2004 Source: Joint Typhoon Warning Center (US Navy/Air Force) Warning #012 Note: Maximum Sustained Winds based on One-Minute Average ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POWERFUL TYPHOON YOYONG (NANMADOL) NEARS SUPER TYPHOON STRENGTH AS IT APPROACHES THE ISLAND OF CATANDUANES AND CAMARINES PROVINCES. THE INNER RAIN BANDS OF THE TYPHOON IS NOW OVER THE CITY OF NAGA, CAMARINES SUR AND THE REST OF BICOL AND IS EXPECTED TO BRING OCCASIONAL RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS BEGINNING TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL PICK-UP LATE TONIGHT AND WILL DETERIORATE BY TOMORROW MORNING AS THE TYPHOON PASSES TO THE NORTH OF CAMARINES SUR AND NAGA CITY. FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN LOW-LYING AREAS. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG THE EASTERN COASTAL STRETCH OF CAMARINES SUR AND CATANDUANES MUST SEEK HIGHER GROUNDS AS STORM SURGE FLOODING WHICH REACH A HEIGHT OF 28 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ::CURRENT POSITION:: AT 11 PM TODAY (1500 GMT) WED DEC 01 ------------------------------------ LOCATION OF EYE: 13.4 DEG NORTH LATITUDE 127.8 DEG EAST LONGITUDE DISTANCE: 498 KM. ALMOST EAST OF NAGA CITY MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS (1-MIN. AVE.): 230 KPH NEAR THE CENTER GUSTINESS: 280 KPH ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE: 916 HECTOPASCALS MOVING: WEST-NORTHWEST AT 35 KPH TOWARDS: EASTERN LUZON WAVE HEIGHT: 28 FEET (8.5 METERS) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09-HOUR FORECAST - 8 AM THU DEC 02 ---------------------------------- COORDINATES: 14.5N 125.1E DISTANCE: 228 KM. ENE OF NAGA CITY / 130 KM. NE OF VIRAC, CATANDUANES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 230 KPH GUSTINESS: 280 KPH MOVEMENT: WNW AT 31 KPH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21-HOUR FORECAST - 8 PM THU DEC 02 ---------------------------------- COORDINATES: 15.8N 121.9E DISTANCE: 280 KM. NW OF NAGA CITY / NEAR BALER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 215 KPH GUSTINESS: 260 KPH MOVEMENT: WNW AT 26 KPH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33-HOUR FORECAST - 8 AM FRI DEC 03 ---------------------------------- COORDINATES: 17.1N 119.3E DISTANCE: 570 KM. NW OF NAGA CITY / SOUTH CHINA SEA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 175 KPH GUSTINESS: 215 KPH MOVEMENT: NW AT 19 KPH --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POSSIBLE EFFECTS TO NAGA CITY: ------------------------------ NAGA CITY IS NOW UNDER PUBLIC STORM WARNING SIGNAL NUMBER THREE (03). MEANING: WINDS FROM 100-185 KPH MAY BE EXPECTED IN AT LEAST 18 HOURS. THIS STORM SIGNAL MAY BE UPGRADED INTO THE THIRD HIGHEST SIGNAL IF THE TYPHOON MOVES CLOSER TO THE CITY. THE FORECAST TRACK OF YONGYONG REMAINS THE SAME. THE SOUTHERN EYEWALL OF THE TYPHOON IS EXPECTED TO PASS AT A DISTANCE OF 160 KM. TO THE NORTHEAST OF NAGA CITY TOMORROW MORNING BETWEEN 9 TO 10 AM, WHICH IS 16 HOURS FROM NOW. RESIDENTS OF METRO NAGA CAN EXPECT NORTHERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS RANGING FROM 30 TO 60 KPH TONIGHT WITH INCREASING WIND SPEEDS OF UP TO 100 KPH TOMORROW MORNING (DEC 02), THEN SHIFTING TO WESTERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS (60-100 KPH) AS THE SOUTHERN EYEWALL PASSES WELL TO THE NORTHEAST OF NAGA CITY AROUND NOONTIME TOMORROW. EXPECT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO 10-20 INCHES (255-510 MILLIMETERS) AS THE TYPHOON APPROACHES. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG THE RIVER BANKS OF NAGA RIVER AND CONNECTING ESTUARIES MUST EVACUATE NOW DUE TO THE FAST APPROACH OF YOYONG. PLEASE CHECK YOUR EVACUATION CENTERS TO BE DESIGNATED BY THE CITY GOVERNMENT AS THE FAST MOVING TYPHOON MOVES CLOSER TO OUR AREA. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, KINDLY MONITOR THE OFFICIAL SIX-HOUR PAGASA BULLETIN ON YOYONG. FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT: http://210.23.201.243/wb/tcupdate.shtml OR CALL 474-4471. WATCH FOR THE NEXT UNOFFICIAL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY TO BE ISSUED AT 3 AM TODAY AND TO BE FOLLOWED BY OUR USUAL PUBLIC ADVISORY AT 5 AM AND ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE FORECASTS DO CHANGE PERIODICALLY. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DMVP/TYPHOON2000.COM (12:23 AM DEC 02, 2004)