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Source: gmanews.tv

-- Tropical storm “Ramil" (Lupit) continued to move farther away from Philippine territory, heading toward Japan on Sunday morning. But rains still loom over Extreme Northern Luzon and other parts of the country.

In its 5 a.m. advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said there is no indication of Ramil making a U-turn.

"Lalabas na ito mamaya, ito ay papunta ng southern islands ng Japan (We expect it to exit Philippine territory later on Sunday. It is heading for the southern islands of Japan)," Pagasa forecaster Lenny Ruiz said in an interview on dzBB radio.

He also said there is no low-pressure area or weather disturbance now within the Philippine area of responsibility.

As of 4 a.m., Ramil was 560 km northeast of Basco, Batanes, with maximum sustained winds of 95 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 120 kph, Pagasa said.

It is forecast to move northeast at 15 kph and is expected to be 860 km northeast of Basco, Batanes or at 200 km east-southeast of Okinawa, Southern Japan Monday morning.

Pagasa’s 5 a.m. weather bulletin said “Extreme Northern Luzon will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms."

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Northwest to Southwest will prevail over Northern Luzon and coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough, it added.

Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the Northwest to Southwest with slight to moderate seas except during thunderstorms.

On the other hand, Pagasa warned strong to gale force winds associated with Ramil will still likely affect the seaboards of Northern Luzon.