NAGA CITY Aug 11, 2013 11 AM - Typhoon Labuyo (International name: Utor) is projected to be closest to Naga City this afternoon between 4PM and 6PM when it's center shall be 200 km northeast of the city. At this distance Labuyo is not expected to cause damage as the destructive winds of 95 kph or more shall be confined to about 100 radius from the center. Its outer rainbands, however, shall cause widespread slight to moderate, occasionally heavy, rains throughout the day with winds of only 10 to 40 kph.
As of 5:00 am today, the eye of Typhoon Utor (Labuyo) was located over the the Philippine Sea, about 250 km east-northeast of Virac, Catanduanes or 280 km east-northeast of Caramoan, Camarines Sur and it is currently moving west-northwest with an increased forward speed of 28 km/hr in the general direction of Aurora-Quirino Area.
Maximum Sustained Winds (1-min. avg) are near 165 km/hr near the center with higher gusts. Typhoon Force Winds (118 km/hr or more) extend outward up to 55 kilometers from the center...and Tropical Storm Force Winds (63-100 km/hr) extend outward up to 165 kilometers. Utor (Labuyo) is an average-sized tropical cyclone with a diameter of 555 kilometers across. The 24-hour rainfall accumulation near the center of Utor (Labuyo) is estimated to be heavy (300 mm).
Typhoon Utor (Labuyo) is expected to continue moving west-northwestward throughout the forecast period. On the forecast track, the core of Utor (Labuyo) will be passing well to the north of Bicol Region tonight...approaching the eastern shoreline of Aurora by early Monday morning. The cyclone will then make landfall over Aurora between 4-6am Monday - passing over or very close to the town of Casiguran...and cross Northern Luzon via Quirino-Nueva Vizcaya-Benguet-La Union beginning Monday morning until the afternoon. By Tuesday morning, Utor will be moving out of the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) or over the West Philippine Sea on its way towards Southern China.
Utor (Labuyo) is expected to continue gaining strength within the next 12 to 24 hours. Advance Intensity Forecast (AIF) shows Utor reaching peak winds of almost 200 km/hr by Monday early morning - before it makes landfall over Aurora. On Tuesday morning, the typhoon will weaken after crossing Luzon as it emerges over the West Philippine Sea. (Typhoon2000.com)