Typhoon HAGUPIT/Ruby – slow – slow – slow

Typhoon HAGUPIT/Ruby is moving very slowly over the Visayas. With an average forward speed of 10 km/h the typhoon will need about 56 hours to cross the Philippines. 

After having made landfall at 9:15 p.m. yesterday evening over Dolores in Eastern Samar. The storm is now moving towards the island of Masbate. The radius of damaging winds with 95 km/h and more is now 120 km. This means that strong storm winds last for up to 24 hours in the touched regions. Usual ar 4 to 8 hours.

Fortunately Typhoon HAGUPIT/Ruby got a bit weaker. Central pressure is now 945 hPa. Winds blow with 185 km/h near he center and gusts go up to 220 km/h.

The government said more than 600,000 people in coastal areas were in evacuation centers, and many others were expected to pour in as the slow-moving “Ruby” was expected to make four more landfalls today – between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. in Masbate; between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Sibuyan Island; between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. in Romblon; and between 8 p.m. on Tablas Island.

Multi-Agency track forecast

There is no more discussion where the storm will pass.

The JMA track forecast

The red circle indicates the zone of strong storm winds of over 90 km/h. This wind speed is damaging. Inside the yellow circle wind speed is more than 50 km/h.

Camiguin Weather (Agoho Beach)

Our weather station is optimistic 😉

During last night the wind got stronger and blows in gusts. The waves are now more than 2 meters high. Still no rain.

Typhoon HAGUPIT/Ruby Storm data

Next update this afternoon / evening.

Almost real-time storm information

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