MANILA – Super Typhoon Julian has started its recurving motion outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), according to the latest weather update.
In a 5 p.m. bulletin released Tuesday, PAGASA reported that Julian was last located 245 kilometers west of Itbayat, Batanes, with maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts reaching up to 240 kph.
The typhoon is currently moving slowly in a north-northwestward direction and is forecasted to curve towards the sea southwest of Taiwan by Wednesday morning.
Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 remains raised in the following areas:
- Ilocos Norte
- Ilocos Sur
- La Union
- Northern and western portions of Pangasinan (Lingayen, City of Alaminos, Anda, San Fabian, Mangaldan, Burgos, Dagupan City, Bolinao, Sual, Labrador, Bani, Pozorrubio, Mabini, Binmaley, San Jacinto, Bugallon, Infanta, Agno, Calasiao, Dasol, Sison)
- Apayao
- Abra
- Kalinga
- Mountain Province
- Ifugao
- Benguet
- Batanes
- Cagayan including Babuyan Islands
- Northern and western portions of Isabela (Cabagan, Tumauini, Ilagan City, Santo Tomas, Delfin Albano, Alicia, San Mateo, Aurora, Quezon, Ramon, Naguilian, Roxas, Luna, City of Cauayan, Angadanan, City of Santiago, Reina Mercedes, San Manuel, Cabatuan, Quirino, Gamu, San Isidro, Mallig, Cordon, Burgos, Maconacon, San Pablo, Santa Maria, Benito Soliven)
- Northwestern portion of Nueva Vizcaya (Diadi, Bagabag, Quezon, Solano, Villaverde, Ambaguio, Bayombong, Bambang, Kayapa)
Though Julian is currently outside PAR, it is expected to re-enter the area by Wednesday before finally exiting by Thursday.
PAGASA noted that there remains a small chance for Julian to briefly intensify over the next 12 hours, but as it interacts with Taiwan’s mountainous terrain, a slight weakening is anticipated before landfall.
Northern Luzon will continue to experience rains accompanied by gusty winds in the coming hours.