User:DachshundLover82/sandbox/Tropical Storm Wukong (2012)

Tropical Storm Wukong, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Quinta, was a weak tropical storm that affected Southeast Asia during Christmas 2012.

Meteorological history
At 14:00 UTC on December 20, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) began to monitoring an area of persisting convection roughly 160 miles (260 km) southwest of Pohnpei, associated with a weak low-level circulation. Located within an area of diffluence, low-to-moderate wind shear, and easterly flow, the disturbance had the potential to perform tropical cyclogenesis. Despite this, the low dissipated and was no longer being tracked for formation by 6:00 UTC on December 22. However at 0:00 UTC on December 24, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) designated the disturbance as a tropical depression, as a result of the disturbance redeveloping 80 miles (130 km) west of Koror, Palau, with an ill-defined and elongated circulation. Microwave imagery depicted that the low-level center was detached from the deep convection. The disturbance was still located in a region consisting of poleward outflow but moderate wind shear. Several hours later, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert, before being designated as a tropical depression at 18:00 UTC that same day. This was nearly simultaneous with PAGASA's upgrade of the disturbance into Tropical Depression Quinta just three hours later. By 0:00 UTC the next day, the depression strengthened into a tropical storm according to the JMA, and was provided the name Wukong.

Preparations and impact
With the threat of Wukong, PAGASA issued Signal No. 2 warnings for Eastern Samar, Western Samar, Leyte, Southern Leyte, Northern Cebu, Camotes Island, Bohol, Biliran, Dinagat Islands, Siargao Island, and Surigao Del Norte. Signal No. 1 warnings were also declared for Surigao Del Sur, Northern Samar, Masbate, Ticao Island, Aklan, Capiz, Antique, Iloilo, Guimaras, Negros Occidental, Siquijor, Agusan Del Norte, Agusan Del Sur, Misamis Oriental, Camiguin, and the remaining parts of Cebu. About 80 families were evacuated to shelters ahead of Wukong. A total of 2,407 passengers were stranded at ports nationwide. Small watercraft and fishing boats were urged to not venture out offshore parts of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.