Nika may bring moderate to torrential rainfall to Northern Luzon

Pagasa weather update: Tropical Depression Nika is predicted to possibly dump moderate to torrential rains over Northern Luzon starting Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, up to Tuesday, Nov. 12,  2024. GRAPHICS BY INQUIRER

MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Depression Nika was predicted to possibly dump moderate to torrential rains over Northern Luzon starting Sunday, Nov. 10, up to Tuesday, Nov. 12, according to the state weather agency.

In its 11 a.m. heavy rainfall advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said that “[f]orecast rainfall may be higher in mountainous and elevated areas.”

Pagasa noted that the rainfall outlook due to Nika from Sunday noon to Monday noon will affect the following:

Moderate to heavy rainfall

• Cagayan
• Isabela
• Aurora
• Quezon
• Camarines Norte
• Camarines Sur
• Catanduanes

READ: Nika may become a severe storm by Nov 11; hit Isabela or Aurora

And from Monday noon to Tuesday noon:

Intense to torrential rainfall

• Cagayan
• Apayao
• Isabela
• Heavy to intense rainfall
• Abra
• Kalinga
• Mountain Province
• Aurora

Moderate to heavy rainfall

• Ifugao
• Quirino

READ: LPA is now Tropical Depression Nika inside PAR

Tropical Depression Nika started as a low-pressure area  (LPA) that entered the Philippine area of responsibility at 2 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9. The LPA intensified into a tropical depression and was given the local name Nika by 8 a.m. also on Saturday.

Pagasa said in its 11 a.m. cyclone bulletin that Nika was last located 1,145 kilometers (km) east of southeastern Luzon, moving westward at 30 kilometers per hour (kph). It was packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kph and gustiness of up to 70 kph.

Pagasa said Nika may reach the severe tropical storm category and make landfall either in Isabela or Aurora province by Monday, Nov. 11.

Nika is the fourth cyclone that hit the country in less than a month, and the second in November.