Bagyong Karen September 15, 2012 PAGASA Update

Bagyong Karen "will not directly affect the country as it continues to move towards the Southern island of Japan," the PAGASA reported Saturday, September 15, 2012.

Bagyong Karen's satellite image as of 12:32 p.m.

According to the state weather bureau, the typhoon was located based on satellite and surface data at 660 km East of Itbayat, Batanes with maximum sustained winds of 185 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 220 kph, as of 11 a.m. It is forecast to move North at 15 kph.

No Public Storm Warning Signals have been issued.

PAGASA said Bagyong Karen will yield an estimated rainfall amount of 15 - 30 mm per hour (heavy - intense) within its 550 km diameter.

"Fishing boats and other small vesssels are advised not to venture out over the northern and eastern seaboards of Northern Luzon, eastern seaboard of Central Luzon, seaboards of Southern Luzon, and over the eastern seaboard of Visayas due to big waves generated by Typhoon Karen," it stated.

The bureau further added that the tropical cycloe will continue to enhance the Southwest Monsoon that will bring occasional moderate to heavy rains over Central Luzon, Metro Manila, Bicol Region, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA.