Typhoon outside PAR to enhance ‘habagat’

Source: DOST / Pagasa

A typhoon, with an international name Soulik, will enhance the southwest monsoon in the country and will bring scattered rainshower, the state weather bureau said on Saturday.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said that as of 3 a.m., Soulik was located at 1,870 kilometers (km) east of extreme Northern Luzon, outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR)

The typhoon has a maximum sustained winds of 125 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 155 kph. It is moving west northeast at the speed of 10 kph.

Despite this, Pagasa said that Soulik will enhance the southwest monsoon in the country that will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms over Metro Manila, Ilocos Region, CAR, Cagayan Valley Region, Western Visayas, Zambales, Bataan, Cavite, Batangas, Mindoro, and Palawan.

Pagasa warned the residents in these areas of possible flooding and landslides caused by the inclement weather.

Meanwhile, the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers but due to localized thunderstorms.

Pagasa added that the agency was also monitoring Tropical Storm Rumbia (international name) outside PAR.

Also as of 3 a.m., Rumbia was spotted 1,395 km north northwest of extreme Northern Luzon. It has a maximum sustained winds of 80 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 130 kph.

Rumbia is moving west at the speed of 15 kph. /jpv