Typhoon Falcon, with international name Chan Hom, intensified as it left the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) at 2AM today.

Garnering maximum wind strength of 165 kph near the center, and gustiness of up to 195 kph, Typhoon Chan Hom moves northwest at 22 kph.

It made its closest approach to Okinawa in Japan, which is still experiencing strong winds and heavy rains. Chan Hom is forecast to move towards Shanghai this weekend.

As it moves further away from the Philippines, here’s a look at the highest amount of rainfall recorded this rainy week.

Despite Falcon’s exit from PAR, it will continue to enhance the southwest monsoon, which will bring more rains over Luzon and Visayas particularly in its western portions.

Today, the habagat will continue to bring rains over Metro Manila and the regions of Ilocos, Cordillera, Central Luzon, CALABARZON and MIMAROPA. These rains may bring flashfloods and landslides.

The rest of Luzon, Western and Central Visayas, on the other hand, can expect occasional rains as the rest of the country will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated thunderstorms in the following hours.

As for the weekend weather, PAGASA’s latest forecast show that Metro Manila will experience gradually lessening rains by Sunday and Monday.

Meanwhile, the gale warning advisory is still up over the seaboards of Luzon and Visayas. The seas will be under rough to very rough conditions, along with strong to gale force winds. Venturing out into these seaboards is risky due to the enhanced southwestmMonsoon and the typhoon.

In other news, Typhoon Nangka intensifies as it continues to move westward at 20 kph.

State Meteorologist Jun Galang said that the current forecast track show it will not enter PAR. However, as it nears our area of responsibility, it will also enhance the southwest monsoon which will bring occasional rains over Luzon, Western and Central Visayas by late weekend.

“Egay” may have left the boundary but the rains are not over yet. That’s because a typhoon with international name “Chan-Hom” has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) Tuesday evening. It was given the local name “Falcon,” the sixth tropical cyclone to enter the boundary this year. At 10:00 AM today, the eye of the typhoon was located at 1,250 kilometers east of Calayan, Cagayan.

Packing winds of 130 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 160 kilometers per hour, it is expected to move west-northwest at 20 kilometers per hour. The said typhoon has a slim chance of hitting the land but will cause the surge of habagat. If it maintains speed and direction, Falcon will possibly exit the PAR by Friday.

While Egay continues to move further away from the PAR, it enhances the habagat, bringing rains over the western section of Luzon and Visayas. PAGASA Weather Specialist Rene Paciente says Falcon will trigger the same wind system in the latter part of the day. Thus, a rainy Wednesday is expected.

Monsoon rains will be dumped over the provinces of Mindoro, Palawan, Bataan and Zambales. Residents are still alerted against possible flash floods and landslides. Light to moderate rains are expected over Metro Manila, Ilocos Region, Cordillera and Western Visayas, while the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with chances of isolated thunderstorms.

Associated with habagat, rough to very rough sea conditions are expected in the entire seaboards of Luzon. Wind force will range from 52 to 63 kilometers per hour, resulting to wave height ranging from 3.4 to 4.5 meters. Fishing boats and other small seacraft are prohibited to sail while larger sea vessels are alerted against big waves.