“ADA” SLIGHTLY ACCELERATES WHILE OVER THE PHILIPPINE SEA EAST OF LUZON

• HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND AREAS
• Severe Winds
• The surge of the Northeast Monsoon will also bring strong to gale-force gusts over the following areas (especially in coastal and upland areas exposed to winds):
• Today: Batanes, Babuyan Islands, northern and eastern mainland Cagayan, eastern Isabela, Ilocos Norte, Abra, Polillo Islands, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, and Catanduanes.
• Tomorrow (20 January): Batanes, Babuyan Islands, northern and eastern mainland Cagayan, eastern Isabela, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra, Aurora, CALABARZON, Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Romblon, Marinduque, Bicol Region, Northern Samar, Samar, Eastern Samar, and Dinagat Islands.
• Wednesday (21 January): Ilocos Region, Abra, Apayao, Cagayan Valley, Aurora, Bulacan, Bataan, Metro Manila, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, Visayas, Caraga, Davao Region, Camiguin, Misamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte, Zamboanga Peninsula, Basilan, and Tawi-Tawi.
• HAZARDS AFFECTING COASTAL WATERS
• There is no Gale Warning hoisted at this time.
• 24-Hour Sea Condition Outlook
• Up to rough seas over the following coastal waters:
• Up to 5.0 m: The seaboards of Batanes.
• Up to 3.5 m: The seaboards of Babuyan Islands, mainland Cagayan, Isabela, Aurora, and Camarines Norte; the northern seaboard of Camarines Sur; the northern and eastern seaboards of Polillo Islands and Catanduanes.
• Up to 3.0 m: The seaboards of Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur.
• Mariners of small seacrafts, including all types of motorbancas, are advised not to venture out to sea under these conditions, especially if inexperienced or operating ill-equipped vessels.
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• Up to moderate seas over the following coastal waters:
• Up to 2.5 m: The western seaboard of Pangasinan; the eastern seaboards of Albay, Sorsogon, Eastern Samar, Dinagat Islands, Siargao-Bucas Grande Islands, Surigao del Sur, and northern Davao Oriental; the northern and eastern seaboards of Northern Samar.
• Up to 2.0 m: The seaboard of Zambales; the remaining seaboard of Ilocos Region.
• Mariners of motorbancas and similarly sized vessels are advised to take precautionary measures while venturing out to sea and, if possible, avoid navigation under these conditions.
• Other coastal waters have forecast wave heights of less than 2.0 m.
• TRACK AND INTENSITY OUTLOOK
• ADA is forecast to move generally east northeastward before turning eastward to southeastward from tomorrow (20 January) until Wednesday (21 January). Continuous dry air entrainment from the northeast monsoon is expected to result in gradual weakening of ADA. It may be downgraded into a low pressure area by Wednesday, although earlier weakening remains possible.