A center of circulation formed within a cluster of thunderstorms east of Mindanao on Saturday and the system was designated Tropical Depression 01W.\u00a0 At 10:00 p.m. EST on Saturday the center of Tropical Depression 01W was located at latitude 9.2\u00b0N and longitude 126.5\u00b0E which put it about 200 miles (320 km) east-southeast of Cebu, Philippines.\u00a0 The depression was moving toward the northwest at 10 m.p.h.\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 30 m.p.h. (50 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 40 m.p.h. (65 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 1000 mb.<\/p>\n
Although there is a distinct center of circulation in Tropical Depression 01W, the distribution of thunderstorms is asymmetrical.\u00a0 Most of the stronger thunderstorms are forming in the northern half of the circulation and there are few thunderstorms in the southern half of the circulation.\u00a0 The thunderstorms in the northern half of the circulation are generating upper level divergence that is pumping out mass toward the northeast and northwest of the tropical depression.<\/p>\n
Tropical Depression 01W will be moving through an oceanic and atmospheric environment that is somewhat favorable for intensification.\u00a0 It will move over water where the Sea Surface Temperature is near 28\u00b0C.\u00a0 An upper level ridge is generating southeasterly winds which are blowing across the top of the depression, but the vertical wind shear is not too strong.\u00a0 However, the center of Tropical Depression 01W will move over some of the islands of the southern Philippines.\u00a0 Increases friction and high topography will disrupt the circulation each time the center moves over land.\u00a0 The intermittent passages overland will cause weakening and the intensity of Tropical Depression 01W is likely to fluctuate during the next several days.<\/p>\n
A subtropical ridge north of the depression is steering it toward the northwest.\u00a0 The ridge is forecast to strengthen and it is predicted to steer Tropical Depression 01W in a general westerly direction during the next several days.\u00a0 On its anticipated track the center of Tropical Depression 01W will pass near northern Mindanao, Siargao Island, Dinogat Island, Leyte, Bohol Island, Cebu, Negros, and Panay Island.<\/p>\n
Heavy rain associated will be the greatest threat with Tropical Depression 01W.\u00a0 The heaviest rain will fall north of where the center moves.\u00a0 The heavy rain could cause flooding and mudslides,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A center of circulation formed within a cluster of thunderstorms east of Mindanao on Saturday and the system was designated Tropical Depression 01W.\u00a0 At 10:00 p.m. EST on Saturday the center of Tropical Depression 01W was located at latitude 9.2\u00b0N and longitude 126.5\u00b0E which put it about 200 miles (320 km) east-southeast of Cebu, Philippines.\u00a0 […]<\/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":[606,96,605,607],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3562"}],"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=3562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3563,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3562\/revisions\/3563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}