‘Quiel’ enters Philippines
MANILA, Philippines — Hours after Typhoon “Pedring” left the country, another weather disturbance tagged “Quiel” (international code name: Nalgae) has entered the Philippine area of responsibility, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Thursday.
In its 4 a.m. weather bulletin, Pagasa said that Quiel was seen 1,240 kilometers east of Aparri, Cagayan and packing maximum sustained winds of 105 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 135 kph.
The tropical storm was forecast to move west at 10 kph.
No storm signal warnings were raised since Quiel was still too far to affect any part of the country, the state-run weather bureau said.
By Friday morning, Quiel is expected to be 1,050 km east of Aparri, Cagayan and by Saturday morning, 750 km east of Aparri, Cagayan.
By Sunday, tropical storm Quiel is forecast 400 km east of Aparri, Cagayan.
