MANILA, Philippines – Several areas across the archipelago are still under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No.1 due to Tropical Storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae), even as another tropical depression has entered the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Monday morning, according to the state weather bureau.
In its 5 a.m. weather forecast, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Paeng was last spotted 320 kilometers west of Dagupan City, Pangasinan with maximum sustained winds of 85 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 105 kph.
It is moving west-northwest at 10 kph, it added.
While Paeng is forecast to exit PAR in the afternoon or evening, Pagasa said it is still triggering heavy rains and strong winds in a number of areas in the country, prompting the agency to raise Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 in the following areas:
- Ilocos Norte
- Ilocos Sur
- La Union
- Pangasinan
- Apayao
- Kalinga
- Abra
- Mountain Province
- Benguet
- Nueva Vizcaya
- western portion of Cagayan
- western portion of Isabela
- northern, western and southern portion of Nueva Ecija
- Pampanga
- Bataan
- Tarlac
- Zambales
- western portion of Bulacan
A gale warning remains hoisted over most of the Luzon seaboards, according to Pagasa weather specialist Aldczar Aurelio.
Moderate to rough seas (1.5 to 3m) may be experienced in the western seaboard of the Visayas, Aurelio said.
Another tropical depression
The new tropical depression, Pagasa said, entered PAR at around 5 a.m on Monday.
“Itong tropical depression ay nasa loob na po ng ating PAR at tatawagin natin siyang Queenie,” Aurelio said.
(This tropical depression is now inside the PAR and will be locally known as Queenie.)
Queenie was last sighted some 975 kilometers east of Mindanao with maximum sustained winds of 45 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 55 kph.
Pagasa said it is moving southwest at 15 kph.
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