PAGASA Update: Bagyong Dindo 3 Days Track

PAGASA Update: Bagyong Dindo 3 Days Track

 According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), at 4:00am today (June 28), the center of Tropical Storm "DINDO" was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 260 km east Aparri, Cagayan (18.3°N, 124.4°E) with maximum sustained winds of 75 kph and gustiness of up to 90 kph. It is forecast to move west northwest at 19 kph. Southwest Monsoon affecting Southern Luzon and Visayas.

2-DAY WEATHER FORECAST

Friday morning: 190 km North Northwest of Aparri, Cagayan

Saturday morning: 530 km Northwest of Basco, Batanes

Estimated rainfall amount is from 15 - 25 mm per hour (heavy - intense) within the 400 km diameter of the typhoon.

 

 Multiple tracks shows that it will hit Batanes group of islands or Cagayan provinces this coming  June 28, 2012 (Noon to Evening) or morning of June 29, so it is better to prepare in advance to prevent damages and cost of lives.

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PAGASA Update: Bagyong Dindo (June 26)

 PAGASA Update: Bagyong Dindo (June 26)

 Yesterday, PAGASA  updated that two low pressure areas (LPAs) spotted inside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) may merge and develop into a typhoon.

PAGASA announced today, June 26, the Active Low Pressure Area (ALPA) was last spotted 750 kilometers east northeast of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, and moving at a northwesterly direction.

PAGASA expect the ALPA to become a storm in the next 36 hours, and is forecast to target Luzon. It will be given the codename Dindo.

Pagasa weather forecaster Jeri Loiz said that one LPA was spotted 380 kilometers off Southern Luzon and another at 930 kilometers of Northern Mindanao.

Loiz said the weather disturbances would bring mostly cloudy skies with scattered rains in the Bicol region, Eastern Visayas and Eastern Mindanao in the next two days. He also warned fishermen and small vessels not to venture into the seas in these regions.

The rest of the country would experience mixed weather, from sunny to partly cloudy skies with possible light rains mostly in the afternoon or evening due to localized thunderstorms.

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