Overview of Typhoon Ulysses (Vamco) in the Philippines, Study notes of Meteorology

Download Overview of Typhoon Ulysses (Vamco) in the Philippines and more Study notes Meteorology in PDF only on Docsity! OVERVIEW OF TYPHOON ULYSSES 1 Presentor: Mr. SOCRATES PAAT, JR. (Senior Hydrologist, PAGASA) Typhoon Ulysses (International Name: Vamco)  20th tropical cyclone that entered the PAR in 2020  Maximum wind speed reached: 155 km/h (Typhoon Category)  Made 3 landfalls in Central Philippines - 1st & 2nd: small island Municipalities (Patnanungan/Burdeos, Quezon) - 3rd : Gen. Nakar, Quezon (main Island of Luzon) PALAU (1) CAGAYAN (2) PAMPANGA (4) BICOL (3) PASIG-MARIKINA EFFECTS OF THE PASSAGE OF TYPHOON ULYSSES Big floodings in 4 Major River Basins: SIMULATION RESULT OF INUNDATION DUE TO TY. ULYSSES 5 Sentinel-1 SAR RRI Simulation (Corrected GSMaP) RRI Simulation (GSMaP) RRI Simulation (ground gauge) CAGAYAN ISABELA CAGAYAN ISABELA DETECTED FLOODS BY SENTINEL 1B (Courtesy of ICHARM) 6 (2) PAMPANGA RIVER BASIN (Courtesy of AIT; Sentinel Asia; JAXA) (Courtesy of PRBFFWC-PAGASA) 7 (2) ANGAT DAM (A SUB-SYSTEM WITHIN THE PAMPANGA RIVER BASIN) • PASIG-MARIKINA RIVER BASIN 10 COMPARISON WITH TY. ONDOY (KETSANA 2009) • … ULYSSES • … ONDOY (Source: Various Media Outlets) 11 (4) BICOL RIVER BASIN TEMPORAL RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION 2-day concentration of rainfall BASIN MEAN RAINFALL (mm) 12 TROPICAL CYCLONE MAXIMUM CATEGORY DURATION NUMBER OF CASUALTIES 1. Ofel Tropical Depression 13-16 Oct 0 2. Pepito (Saudel) Typhoon 19-22 Oct 0 3. Quinta (Molave) Typhoon 23 - 27 Oct 27 4. Rolly (Goni) Super-Typhoon 27 Oct - 3 Nov 25 5. Siony (Atsani) Severe Tropical Storm 29 Oct - 6 Nov 0 6. Tonyo (Etau) Tropical Storm 7 - 9 Nov 0 7. Ulysses (Vamco) Typhoon 8 - 13 Nov 73 BICOL RIVER BASIN / REGION HIT BY 5 OF THE 7 CYCLONES THAT AFFECTED THE COUNTRY IN ONE MONTH TIME… Note: The black dot indicates the location of Bicol Region.