Tropical Depression 24W has developed east of the northern Philippines and is expected to come inland just north of where Typhoon Mirinae came ashore a few days ago.
Tropical Depression 24W is expected to worsen flooding in already soaked Philippines
As you can see in the satellite rainfall estimates above, nearly 1.0in (25.4mm) of rain per hour are expected near the center of circulation with 1.2in (30.5mm) values in outer bands. It will not take much rain at all to induce flash-flooding yet again in a region already soaked by rains from two typhoons in the past month.
Though I have not seen official rainfall total forecasts, I would not be surprised if areas saw as much as 10.0in (254.0mm) due to the cyclone’s extremely slow movement.
24W is moving west-southwest (270°) at 6kts (7mph or 11kph). This motion will bring 24W over land around noon Tuesday, UTC, 8:00 PM Tuesday, PHT.
Maximum sustained winds are 30kts (35mph or 56kph) with gusts to 40kts (46mph or 74kph). No strenghtening is forecast prior to landfall.
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- Seven dead in Philippines; Tropical Storm Mirinae heads towards Vietnam
- Typhoon Parma set to strike Philippines as cat 3; Super Typhoon Melor headed towards Mariana Islands
- Dramatic change in Lupit; Ricks rains in Texas; Hurricane Neki dangerously close to Hawaii; Caribbean disturbance
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…just amazing…
This, imo, is much worse than the Florida ‘04 season. At least they didn’t have mountains that exacerbated the situation.
Best of luck to Blair, Mike and their families and all the others having to go through this yet again.
ditto