Pagasa: Typhoon Inday gains strength while swirling away from PH

 MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Inday (international name: Muifa) on Sunday gained strength  and it continued to move northwest away from the Philippine landmass.

Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) weather specialist Grace Castañeda, in an early morning update, said “Inday” was tracked some 350 kilometers east-northeast of Itbayat, Batanes, packing maximum sustained winds of 155 kilometers per hour (kph) with gustiness of 190 kph.

The typhoon is forecast to exit the Philippine area of responsibility country’ by Tuesday afternoon as it moves northwestward at 15 kph towards the sea east of Taiwan.

It is set to exit the country’s area of responsibility by Tuesday afternoon.

 “Ayon pa rin sa ating latest analysis ay nakikita natin na less likely pa rin na magkakaroon ng direct effect si Bagyong Inday sa ating bansa,” said Castañeda.

(Typhoon Inday is lees likely to have a direct impact on the country.) 

“Maliban na lang sa outermost rainbands nito at sa southwest monsoon na bahagya nitong naeenhance na magdudulot ng rain showers at thunderstorms sa bahagi ng Batanes at western section ng Southern Luzon,” she added.

(Its outermost rainbands and the enhanced southwest monsoon, however,  will trigger  rain showers and thunderstorms in parts of Batanes and western section of Southern Luzon.)

A gale warning was also raised over the seaboards of Batanes and Babuyan Islands.

Moderate to rough sea conditions, on the other hand, are forecast on the seaboards of Northern Luzon.

Meanwhile, localized thunderstorms are expected to bring slightly cloudy to overcast skies to the Visayas and Mindananao.

*Forecast temperature in key areas on Sunday:  

• Metro Manila: 24 to 32 degrees Celsius
• Baguio City: 15 to 24 degrees Celsius
• Laoag City:  24 to 32 degrees Celsius
• Tuguegarao: 24 to 33 degrees Celsius
• Legazpi City: 25 to 33 degrees Celsius
• Puerto Princesa City: 25 to 33 degrees Celsius
• Tagaytay: 22 to 30 degrees Celsius
• Kalayaan Islands: 25 to 32 degrees Celsius
• Iloilo City: 25 to 32 degrees Celsius
• Cebu: 25 to 32 degrees Celsius
• Tacloban City: 24 to 32 degrees Celsius
• Cagayan De Oro City: 24 to 32 degrees Celsius
• Zamboanga City: 23 to 34 degrees Celsius
• Davao City: 25 to 33 degrees Celsius

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