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Obet may become tropical storm this weekend: PAGASA

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Rowegie Abanto, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="This PAGASA photo shows tropical depression Obet at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/10/19/20221019-pagasa-photo.jpg"/><figcaption>This PAGASA photo shows tropical depression Obet at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Tropical depression Obet, which is last located east of northern Luzon on Wednesday afternoon, is predicted to intensify this coming weekend, state weather bureau PAGASA said.</p><p>&quot;Obet is forecast to gradually intensify and may reach tropical storm category by late Friday or early Saturday,&quot; PAGASA said in its 5 p.m. bulletin. </p><p>&quot;Further intensification is likely once Obet reaches the West Philippine Sea,&quot; it added.</p><p>Wind signals might be raised in parts of northern Luzon Wednesday night or Thursday morning &quot;at the earliest,&quot; the weather agency said, with No. 2 being the highest possible wind signal during the storm&#x27;s passage.</p><p>Obet was located 920 kilometers east of extreme northern Luzon at 4 p.m., packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kph near the center and up to 55 kph gusts. </p><p>PAGASA said the tropical cyclone decelerated while moving west-southwestward over the Philippine Sea. </p><p>It is now moving at 10 kph.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2298229" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div><strong>WEATHER OUTLOOK</strong></div><p>The shear line will bring moderate with at times heavy rains over Cagayan including Babuyan Islands, Apayao, Ilocos Norte, and Batanes, PAGASA said in its 24-hour weather bulletin issued at 4 p.m.</p><p>Metro Manila and the remaining parts of the country, meanwhile, may be lashed with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms, it said.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="PAGASA photo" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/10/19/20221019-pagasa-photo-2.jpg"/><figcaption><em>PAGASA photo</em></figcaption></figure></div><div><em>For more updates, visit the <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/weather">ABS-CBN weather center</a>. </em></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/23/22/pagasa-redefines-super-typhoon-tweaks-wind-signals">PAGASA redefines &#x27;super typhoon&#x27;, revises wind signals</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/06/29/22/nearly-1-in-4-at-risk-from-severe-flooding-study">Nearly 1 in 4 globally at risk from severe flooding, study says</a></li></ul>

Tropical depression Obet is predicted to intensify this coming weekend, PAGASA said.

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Obet may become tropical storm this weekend: PAGASA

Rowegie Abanto,

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Published October 19, 2022 07:21 PM PHT

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