
Tropical Cyclone Bulletin #17 Super Typhoon “Leon” Issued at 05:00 pm, 30 October 2024
SUPER TYPHOON “LEON” CONTINUES TO MOVE CLOSER TO BATANES
Location: 215 km East Southeast of Basco, Batanes (20.0 °N, 124.0 °E )
Movement: Moving Northwestward 20 kph
Strength: Maximum sustained winds of 185 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 230 km/h
No TROPICAL CYCLONE WIND SIGNAL in Quezon Province
LEON is forecast to move northwestward over the Philippine Sea until it makes landfall along the eastern coast of Taiwan tomorrow (31 October) afternoon. After crossing the landmass of Taiwan, LEON will then turn north northwestward to northeastward over the Taiwan Strait towards the East China Sea and exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility tomorrow evening or Friday early morning (1 November). A second landfall over mainland China is not ruled out during this period.
Quezon PIO