The track of Tropical Storm Helen. | Pagasa_DOST
MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Storm Helen is expected to exit the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) within a few hours on Wednesday, according to the state weather bureau.
As of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration’s (Pagasa) 5 p.m. update, based on all available data, Helen was estimated at 930 kilometers east northeast of Extreme Northern Luzon, packing maximum sustained winds of 85 kilometers per hour (kph) with gustiness of 105 kph.
“Helen is forecast to move northwestward for the entire forecast period and exit the PAR region in the next three hours,” Pagasa said in its advisory.
Throughout the forecast period, Helen remained far from the country’s landmass, but it enhanced the southwest monsoon or habagat which brought rains in many parts of the country.
The eight tropical cyclones this year are forecast to remain as tropical storms and may gradually weaken over the East China Sea.
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