Weather Bureau PAGASA (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration) announced that we have our very first typhoon for the year named Amang. Weather forecaster Mario Palafox said that Amang will bring strong to gale force winds in the seaboards of Northern Luzon, the Eastern seaboard of Central and Southern Luzon and of Visayas. But there would be no landfall. Since this morning though, the sun has shown its face for a limited time. It’s been cloudy the whole day and the late afternoon was windy. Here’s the latest news from PAGASA .
Gale Warning No. 27 For: Strong to gale force winds associated with the surge of Northeasterly winds
Issued at: 5:00 pm today, 04 April 2011
Strong to gale force winds are expected to affect the seaboards of Northern Luzon, the Eastern seaboard of Central and Southern Luzon and of Visayas.
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SEABOARDS |
WEATHER |
WIND FORCE (KPH / KNOTS) |
SEA CONDITION |
WAVE HEIGHT (meters) |
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THE SEABOARDS OF NORTHERN LUZON AND THE EASTERN SEABOARD OF CENTRAL LUZON
|
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH LIGHT RAINS
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(55 – 63) / (30 – 34) |
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH |
3.7 TO 4.5
|
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THE EASTERN SEABOARD OF SOUTHERN LUZON AND OF VISAYAS |
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
|
(55 – 68) / (30 – 36) |
ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH |
3.7 TO 5.0
|
They advised fishing boats and other small seacrafts not to venture out into the sea and alerted larger sea vessels against big waves.
They will issue the next update at 5 am tomorrow.
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