Signal No. 1 up over 19 areas as Tonyo moves toward Quezon, Batangas

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 was raised over 19 areas on Sunday morning as Tropical Depression Tonyo moved toward Southern Quezon and Batangas area.

Placed under TCWS No. 1 are:

1. Camarines Norte
2. the western portion of Camarines Sur (Cabusao, Libmanan, Sipocot, Lupi, Ragay, Del Gallego, Pamplona, Pasacao)
3. Quezon including Polillo Islands
4. Cavite
5. Laguna
6. Rizal
7. Batangas
8. Metro Manila
9. Bataan
10. Bulacan
11. Pampanga
12. the southern portion of Nueva Ecija (General Tinio, Santa Rosa, Zaragoza, Gabaldon, Laur, Palayan City, Cabanatuan City, Aliaga, Quezon, Licab, Peñaranda, Gapan City, San Leonardo, Jaen, San Isidro, Cabiao, San Antonio)
13. the southern portion of Tarlac (Victoria, Pura, Gerona, Santa Ignacia, Mayantoc, La Paz, Concepcion, Tarlac City, San Jose, Bamban, Capas)
14. the southern portion of Aurora (Dingalan)
15. the central and southern portions of Zambales (Masinloc, Palauig, Iba, Botolan, Cabangan, San Felipe, San Narciso, San Marcelino, San Antonio, Castillejos, Subic, Olongapo City)
16. Marinduque
17. the northern portion of Romblon (Romblon, San Andres, Calatrava, San Agustin, Corcuera, Banton, Concepcion)
18. the northern and central portions of Oriental Mindoro (Bongabong, Gloria, Pinamalayan, Socorro, Pola, Naujan, Victoria, Calapan City, Baco, San Teodoro, Puerto Galera)
19. the northern and central portions of Occidental Mindoro (Sablayan, Santa Cruz, Mamburao, Paluan, Abra de Ilog) including Lubang Island

These areas will have winds of 30-60 k/h in at least 36 hours or intermittent rains within 36 hours.

Landfall

At 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, Tonyo made landfall over Torrijos, Marinduque.

The tropical depression is expected to make landfall next over Sariaya, Quezon or San Juan, Batangas, within the coming hour.

Tonyo is expected to emerge over the West Philippine Sea on Sunday morning and exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Monday morning.

Rainfall, winds

Light to moderate with at times heavy rains due to Tonyo are to be expected over Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Mindoro Provinces, and Palawan including Calamian and Kalayaan Islands.

Northeast Monsoon

Meanwhile, the Northeast Monsoon (Amihan) will bring strong breeze to near gale conditions over Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Ilocos Norte, Apayao, and the northern portion of mainland Cagayan.

Coastal waters

The seaboards of areas under TCWS No. 1, the eastern seaboards of Cagayan Valley, Aurora, and the northern portion of Quezon, and the northern and eastern seaboards of Catanduanes will have moderate to rough seas, with waves up to 3.5 meters due to Tonyo and the easterlies.

PAGASA advised those with small seacraft to take the necessary precautions when going out to sea. It does not advise inexperienced mariners to venture out to sea and navigate in these conditions.

Meanwhile, the seaboards of Batanes, Ilocos Norte, and Ilocos Sur and the northern seaboard of Cagayan including Babuyan Islands will have rough to very rough seas with waves up to 4.5 meters due to the Northeast Monsoon. This makes sea travel in these waters risky especially for those with small seacraft. 

Location

Tonyo's eye was located at 7 a.m. on Sunday at 70 km southwest of Alabat, Quezon or 40 km south southwest of Tayabas, Quezon.

The tropical depression is moving west northwestward at 25 km/h.

It has maximum sustained winds of 45 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 60 km/h.

As of 8 a.m., Tonyo was moving west-northwestward over the Tayabas Bay toward Southern Quezon and Batangas.

PAGASA advised the public and disaster risk reduction and management councils concerned to take the necessary precautions and await the next severe weather bulletin to be issued at 11 a.m. —KG, GMA News