Typhoon moving away

04 Dec 2019 / Philippines

At 1200 hours UTC today (4 December), Typhoon Kammuri (local name Tisoy) was at 13.4 deg. N, 119.6 deg. E and moving westwards at 20 km/h.

Land interaction has taken its toll on the system, which is now moving away from Mindoro and into the South China Sea. It now consists of fragments of convection located mainly to the north and west of the centre. The eyewall and internal structure have mostly collapsed, although some remnants of the eastern eyewall remain just off the western coast of Mindoro.

Kammuri has shown some signs of beginning the anticipated turn toward the west-northwest in the last couple of hours, and this motion is expected to continue during the next day or so. By Thursday, strong northeasterly surface wind flow and rapidly increasing southwesterly wind shear are likely to cause very rapid weakening, and Kammuri is likely to quickly degenerate into a remnant low by Friday as it gets pushed toward the southwest.

Hazardous conditions are likely to continue for the next several hours over the southwestern portions of Luzon and the western coast of Mindoro. Conditions elsewhere in the Philippines should gradually improve during the next few hours.

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