Typhoon Melor reached the Philippines on Sunday and it was moving along the north coast of Samar toward southeastern Luzon.\u00a0 At 10:00 p.m. EST on Sunday the center of Typhoon Melor was located at latitude 12.6\u00b0N and longitude 125.3\u00b0E which put it about 20 miles (32 km) north of Laoang, Philippines and about 100 miles (160 km) east-southeast of Legaspi in southeastern Luzon.\u00a0 Melor was moving toward the west at 13 m.p.h. (21 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 130 m.p.h. (210 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 160 m.p.h. (260 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 949 mb.<\/p>\n
Typhoon Melor has been moving through an environment favorable for intensification.\u00a0 The Sea Surface Temperatures were near 28\u00b0C and there has been little vertical wind shear.\u00a0 However, the circulation is starting to interact with the Philippines.\u00a0 The southwestern quarter of the circulation is over Samar.\u00a0 However, since the core of the circulation is north of the coast of Samar, Melor has remained a strong typhoon.\u00a0 The circulation of Typhoon Melor is likely to retain much of its integrity until the center makes landfall in southeastern Luzon near Sorsogon.\u00a0 Melor could remain at typhoon intensity for another 24 hours.\u00a0 However, eventually the increased friction will slow the portions of the circulation that move over land and Melor will weaken to a tropical storm.<\/p>\n
A subtropical ridge is steering Typhoon Melor slightly north of due west and that general motion is expected to continue for several more days.\u00a0 On its anticipated track the core of Typhoon Melor will pass north of Samar.\u00a0 It will make landfall on extreme southeastern Luzon near Sorsogon in a few hours.\u00a0 The center of Melor should pass south of Legaspi before moving over the Sibuyan Sea.\u00a0 It could move south of Manila in about 36 hours as a tropical storm.<\/p>\n
Melor is a strong typhoon and it could bring strong winds and heavy rain to northern Samar, southeastern Luzon, the islands around the Sibuyan Sea and Mindoro.\u00a0 Heavy rain could cause flooding and trigger mudslides, especially in areas of steep terrain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Typhoon Melor reached the Philippines on Sunday and it was moving along the north coast of Samar toward southeastern Luzon.\u00a0 At 10:00 p.m. EST on Sunday the center of Typhoon Melor was located at latitude 12.6\u00b0N and longitude 125.3\u00b0E which put it about 20 miles (32 km) north of Laoang, Philippines and about 100 miles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[293,103,297,64,296,295,294],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2024,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023\/revisions\/2024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}