‘Ineng’ exits PAR but continues to enhance habagat
MANILA, Philippines — Tropical depression Ineng (international name: Yun-Yeung) left the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Wednesday but will still whip up the southwest monsoon or “habagat,” the state weather bureau said.
“As of 4 a.m. nasa 1,240 kilometers na ang layo ng bagyong si Ineng na may international name na Yun-Yeung,” said Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) weather specialist Obet Badrina in a 5 a.m. advisory.
(As of 4 a.m., typhoon Ineng, which has the international name of Yun-Yeung, is 1,240 kilometers away.)
Its center moves east northeast of extreme northern Luzon with maximum sustained winds of 55 km per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 70 km per hour, Badrina said.
According to Pagasa, Ineng is also predicted to continue accelerating north-northeastward or northeastward towards the sea south of mainland Japan while slowly intensifying.
Improved weather conditions are expected over Metro Manila and other parts of Luzon, Badrina added.
“Actually ngayong araw, posibleng medyo mas magpakita na yung araw particular na dito sa Kamaynilaan at mga karatig lalawigan,” Badrina said.
(It’s possible that there will be a little more sunshine today, especially here in Manila and neighboring provinces.)
“Sa ngayon po wala na tayong bagyong mino-monitor sa loob ng PAR, wala rin tayong mino-monitor na iba pang low pressure area kaya posible po at least in the next two days maliit ang tiyansa na magka-bagyo tayo hanggang sa pagtatapos ng linggong ito,” he advised.
(Right now, we don’t have any typhoons being monitored within the PAR, nor are we monitoring any other low-pressure areas, so it is possible that at least in the next two days, there is little chance of having a typhoon until the end of this week.)
Badrina said Ineng and Hanna (international name: Haikui) would continue to slightly enhance habagat, which may result in rains over the western portions of northern and central Luzon in the next three days.
Habagat will also likely cause gusty conditions over the coastal and upland or mountainous areas of Batanes and Ilocos provinces.
