To: 639163047000 Type: Auto bId: rId: ID: 41884 [WEATHER UPDATE] Issued at 4:00 PM, 18 September 2024 SYNOPSIS: At 3:00 PM today, the center of Tropical Storm "HELEN" {PULASAN} was estimated based on all available data at 940 km East Northeast of Extreme Northern Luzon (24.6°N, 130.0°E) with maximum sustained winds of 85 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 105 km/h. It is moving Northwestward at 40 km/h. Southwest Monsoon affecting the country. Forecast Weather Condition TROPICAL CYCLONE OUTSIDE PAR AS OF 3:00 PM TODAY: TROPICAL DEPRESSION (formerly "GENER"), LOCATION: 795 KM WEST OF SINAIT, ILOCOS SUR (17.4°N, 113.0°E), MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 55 KM/H NEAR THE CENTER GUSTINESS: UP TO 70 KM/H: MOVEMENT: NORTHWESTWARD AT 50 KM/H, Zambales, Bataan, Occidental Mindoro, and the northern portion of Palawan Monsoon rains, Southwest Monsoon: Possible flashfloods or landslides due to heavy to intense rains Western Visayas, the rest of Central Luzon, and the rest of MIMAROPA, Occasional rains, Southwest Monsoon: Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains, Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon, Cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms Southwest Monsoon: Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains, The rest of the country Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms, Southwest Monsoon: Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms