Ajay's Writings on the Wall » latest weather forecast http://www.annalyn.net Manila food, lifestyle & travel blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:44:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 State of calamity and Typhoon Pepeng weather update http://www.annalyn.net/2009/10/02/state-of-calamity-and-typhoon-pepeng-weather-update/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-of-calamity-and-typhoon-pepeng-weather-update http://www.annalyn.net/2009/10/02/state-of-calamity-and-typhoon-pepeng-weather-update/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:23:11 +0000 ajay http://www.annalyn.net/?p=2556 Note: as of 5 p.m. PAGASA said Pepeng has slowed down, but could still threaten Central Luzon.

Work in our government office was suspended before 4 p.m. today to be able to give us ample time to return home, in preparation for the coming of supertyphoon Pepeng (international code name: Parma). The same was true in other offices, except perhaps call centers and BPOs which deal with clients abroad. Elsewhere, evacuation has started in areas believed to be targeted by the typhoon , with maximum sutained winds of 195kph.The entire country has been placed under a state of calamity.

At 1 p.m. today (October 2), Pepeng continued to move west northwest and increased its threat to the Isabela-Aurora area.

As of 10 a.m., the eye of typhoon Pepeng was located at 180 km. east northeast of Virac, Catanduanes, with maximum sutained winds of 195 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 230 kph

It is forecast to move west northwest at 19 kph and expected to be 60 km east of Casiguran, Aurora by tomorrow morning (October 3). It is expected to make a landfall in Isabela, Aurora by mid Saturday, 80 km west of Laoag City by Saturday morning and 400 km west southwest of Basco, Batanes.

Storm signal no. 3 is up in Catanduanes

Storm signal No. 2 is now hoisted over Cagayan, Isabela, Aurora, Quirino, Northern Quezon, Polilio Islands, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur

Storm Signal No. 1 has been placed over Metro Manila, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra, Apayao, Kalinga, Cagayan including Babuyan Islands, Mt. Province, Ifugao, Benguet, La Union, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, tarlac, zambales, Pampanga, Bulacan, Rizal, Southern Quezon, Camarines Sur, Albay, Sorsogon, Burias island and Northern Samar.

(via NDCC and PAGASA)

Stay tuned for more updates later…..

]]> http://www.annalyn.net/2009/10/02/state-of-calamity-and-typhoon-pepeng-weather-update/feed/ 1 Storm Ondoy brings floods to Manila and the rest of Luzon http://www.annalyn.net/2009/09/26/storm-ondoy-brings-floods-to-manila-and-the-rest-of-luzon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=storm-ondoy-brings-floods-to-manila-and-the-rest-of-luzon http://www.annalyn.net/2009/09/26/storm-ondoy-brings-floods-to-manila-and-the-rest-of-luzon/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:03:38 +0000 ajay http://www.annalyn.net/?p=2533 It has been a day of nonstop rains in Manila, and elsewhere. I’ve stayed in bed all morning, with this trusty Mac on my lap – all the while staying glued to the reports of my friends on Plurk and Twitter. Something about brownouts, cancelled flights, floods reaching houses, people moving furniture, people wading in chest-deep waters, high way billboards being stripped down, and cars almost submerged in the floods. A bad day to be out, really. It’s that bad, and somebody even had to mention taking out Noah’s Ark.

Am just glad our little bungalow has been spared from nature’s fury. This is one of those times when we’re thankful to have a garage for the old car, and a cozy roof over our heads. I dread it when the post-storm accounting comes and out comes reports of our brethren drowning or are rendered homeless because they live near dikes, riverbanks, esteros, coastal areas etc. Hope not :(

It’s the monsoon season in the Philippines, and am just thankful Ondoy chose to lash out its strength on a Saturday, and some office workers like us are spared the pain of commuting to and from work, most likely getting stranded in the process. The last worse typhoon etched in my family’s memory was Milenyo which scared us to death with the fury of its winds, and the blackouts after. We had to stay in a hotel for the next few days.

In the meantime, here’s the latest weather forecast:

“Ondoy” packed maximum winds of 85 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 100 kph, and was moving west-northwest at 19 kph.

It was expected to be 230 km west-northwest of Iba, Zambales by Sunday morning as it continues to move into the South China Sea. – via gmanews.tv

Central Luzon and the provinces of Pangasinan, La Union, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, Rizal, Quezon and Camarines Norte will experience stormy weather while the rest of Luzon will have rains and gusty winds with moderate to rough seas. Visayas will have Monsoon Rains while Mindanao will be cloudy with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Southwest will prevail over Visayas and Mindanao and the coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. – PAGASA weather forecast

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