Tropical Depression WUKONG / Quinta intensifies
The Tropical Depression moving towards the Visayas got now a name. The international name is WUKONG, the Pinoy name is Quinta.
Forecast models show that the depression will become a Tropical Storm within the next 6 hours. PAGASA has raised Storm Signal 2 over the south-eastern Visayas and north-eastern Mindanao. Signal 1 is active over northern Mindanao and the central Visayas.
Here in Camiguin the winds have slightly intensified, bringing fresh north-eastern air.
The multi-agency forecast spreads from Bohol to Panay, touching Leyte, Cebu, Negros and Panay.
JMA say that the strom will hit Dinagat, southern Leyte, Cebu City northern Negros and southern Panay.
Storm data:
| Name (INTL. / local): | WUKONG / Quinta |
| Class: | Tropical Depression |
| Time/Date of observation: | 10:00 AM on December 25, 2012 |
| Location of Center: | 10.4º North 128.3º East |
| Moving Direction and Speed: | West @ 19 km/h = 11.8 mph |
| Moving towards: | Visayas |
| Distance from the Philippines: | 260 km East of Guiuan, Eastern Samar |
| Estimated Date / Time of Landfall: | 10:00 PM on December 25, 2012 |
| Max. Wind Speed near Center: | 55 km/h |
| Peak Wind Gusts: | 75 km/h |
| Minimum Central Pressure: | 1000 hPa |
| Diameter: | 400 km |
| 24h Rainfall near Center: | 300 mm |
| Max. Wave Height: | 4 m = 13 ft |
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Next update this afternoon as soon as we get new data.
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