‘Isang’ lands over Isabela—Pagasa

Project NOAH MTSAT image as of 5:01 AM, July 17, 2013

MANILA, Philippines—Tropical depression Isang has made a landfall over Isabela Wednesday morning, the state weather bureau said.

Isang was last observed 70 kilometers east of Tuguegarao City, as it made landfall over Estagno Point in Isabela, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said.

Signal No. 1 remained hoisted in the following areas:

— Aurora

— Quirino

— Isabela

— Ifugao

— Mt. Province

— Abra

— Kalinga

— Apayao

— Ilocos Norte

— Ilocos Sur

— Cagayan

— Calayan

— Babuyan Group of Islands

— Batanes Group of Islands

Isang packed maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour near the center, and continued to move northwest at 15 kph. It will enhance the southwest monsoon and will bring moderate rains and thunderstorms over Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon and Western Visayas.

“Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, CAR and the province of Aurora will have rains and gusty winds with moderate to rough seas,” Pagasa’s weather bulletin said.

Meanwhile, the rest of Luzon, western and central Visayas, northern Mindanao and Zamboanga peninsula will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.

“Moderate to strong winds blowing from the southwest will prevail over the rest of Luzon and the coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the west to southwest with slight to moderate seas,” Pagasa also said.