Typhoon Fung-wong (32W/Uwan) – Tropical Cyclone Advisory #11: 1200 UTC 8 November 2025

Outermost rainbands of extremely large and dangerous Fung-wong beginning to affect the Eastern Visayas... Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion...

Author

Will Weaver
November 08, 2025

…Outermost rainbands of extremely large and dangerous Fung-wong beginning to affect the Eastern Visayas… …Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion…

Current storm information:

  • Position: 13.6°N 127.3°E

  • Movement: W at 20 knots (35 km/h)

  • Intensity: 100 knots (185 km/h) [Category 3]

  • Central pressure: 954 hPa

Trend:

  • Some additional strengthening is likely during the next 12 to 24 hours before increasing shear causes the intensity to level off. However, Fung-wong is expected to remain a very large and dangerous typhoon up until landfall.

Watches and warnings:

PAGASA wind signal map (click to enlarge)

  • TCWS #3 (Philippines): Eastern Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, northern Albay, far northeastern Sorsogon, far northeastern Northern Samar 

  • TCWS #2 (Philippines): The entire eastward facing coast of the Philippines extending from central and eastern Cagayan to central Samar and Eastern Samar

  • TCWS #1 (Philippines): All of the Philippines from the Batanes Islands southward to northern Agusan del Norte and northern Surigao del Sur, including Metro Manila, most of the Visayas, as well as the Calamian Islands. Refer to the graphic for specific locations.

Hazards affecting land:

  • Fung-wong’s enormous size will likely result in a significant rainfall and flooding threat across much of the Philippines Sunday afternoon through Monday evening, with typhoon conditions possible over a large portion of Luzon. Portions of northern and central Luzon could see storm total rainfall as high as 500 mm, especially in mountainous areas, while portions of the Bicol Region and Catanduanes could see up to 250 mm. Metro Manila and vicinity, as well as the Central and Eastern Visayas could see up to 150 mm. This rainfall will likely cause widespread flooding and landslides. For additional information, refer to products from your local weather office.

Discussion:

Fung-wong is undergoing some structural changes, likely as a result of the environment becoming somewhat more favorable. The extremely intense convection in the southern semicircle has begun to wrap around the eastern and northern sides of the eye. Microwave satellite imagery indicates that the eyewall is now closed, though the eye itself remains quite large and is ragged and cloud-filled. The typhoon is now exhibiting rather impressive radial outflow in all quadrants, though the northwestern quadrant still appears to be somewhat fragmented. Scatterometer data suggests that Fung-wong’s wind field remains quite large, and winds near tropical storm force are now just off the coasts of Samar and Catanduanes. A recent Sentinel-1C SAR pass indicates that winds of around 103 kts are occurring within the eastern eyewall. This, combined with Dvorak estimates ranging from T5.0 to T5.5 and a D-PRINT estimate of 106 kts, supports increasing the intensity to 100 kts.

The turn to the west-northwest has not happened yet, so the forecast track has been nudged slightly to the south of the previous one. Fung-wong has about 12 hours or so left in a favorable environment before it is expected to encounter increased southwesterly shear. Some additional intensification appears likely before the shear causes the intensity to level off or slightly decrease. However, Fung-wong is expected to remain an extremely large and dangerous Category 3 typhoon when it makes landfall late Sunday night into early Monday morning. The exact landfall point will likely be irrelevant as Fung-wong’s wind field is expected to remain enormous, and a large swath of Luzon - including Metro Manila - and the northern portions of the Visayas will likely experience typhoon force winds through Monday evening, well after a weakening Fung-wong is expected to move back over water off the Pangasinan coast. Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion as soon as possible.

Although SSTs in the South China Sea are quite warm, Fung-wong will likely be so disrupted from passage over Luzon and the shear so high that it will likely continue weakening as it turns northward into a weakness in the subtropical ridge overnight Monday into Tuesday. This weakening trend will accelerate as the cyclone interacts with a northeasterly cold surge, and Fung-wong will likely move over southwestern Taiwan as a rapidly weakening tropical storm late Wednesday. While there is a forecast point at 120 hours, it is possible that Fung-wong could dissipate over Taiwan’s central mountain range before then.

Forecast positions and maximum winds (1-min)

  • 000 hrs: 13.6°N 127.3°E – 100 kts 185 km/h

  • 012 hrs: 14.4°N 124.9°E – 115 kts 205 km/h

  • 024 hrs: 15.4°N 122.1°E – 105 kts 195 km/h

  • 048 hrs: 17.5°N 118.9°E – 60 kts 110 km/h

  • 072 hrs: 19.8°N 118.1°E – 45 kts 85 km/h

  • 096 hrs: 22.6°N 119.4°E – 40 kts 75 km/h

  • 120 hrs: 24.9°N 121.6°E – 35 kts 65 km/h inland