MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Depression Ulysses has intensified into a tropical storm and could make landfall over the area of Bicol Region-Quezon by Thursday, PAGASA said. The weather bureau in its 5 p.m. bulletin said Ulysses was last seen at 575 km east of Borongan City in Eastern Samar. PAGASA added that the tropical storm may intensify into a severe tropical storm in the next 24 hours and could develop into a full-blown typhoon by Wednesday. The new tropical storm will bring rough to very rough seas with wave height reaching 2.8 to 4.5 meters over the seaboards of Northern Luzon, eastern seaboard of Central Luzon, as well as the eastern and western seaboards of Southern Luzon. Moderate to rough seas will also prevail over the rest of the seaboards in Luzon and the eastern seaboard of Mindanao.

Source: Philippine Star November 09, 2020 10:52 UTC