When will this ever end... Ramil it's your turn
‘Ramil’ gains more power, slows down, but still a threat
By JC BELLO RUIZ
Typhoon "Ramil" intensified further yesterday but it slowed down and remains a threat to extreme Northern Luzon.
As of 5 p.m. yesterday, Ramil was spotted 1,150 kilometers (kms) southeast of Aparri, Cagayan or 17.4 degrees north or 133.8 degrees east.
Ramil now has maximum sustained winds of 175 kilometers per hour (kph) and gustiness of up to 210 kph. It is forecast to remain almost stationary.
Last Saturday, it had maximum sustained winds of 130 kph and gustiness of up to 150 kph and moving west-northwest at 13 kph.
No public storm warning signals have been raised by PAGASA as Ramil will not affect any part of the country in the next 36 hours.
Ramil was forecast to be at 1,200 kms east of Aparri, Cagayan this afternoon, 820 kms northeast of Aparri or 980 kms east of Basco, Batanes tomorrow afternoon, and 630 kms of Basco on Wednesday afternoon.
Dr. Prisco Nilo, head of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), said forecast models for the next three days indicated that Ramil – which could turn into a super-typhoon while at the Pacific Ocean – will make landfall either on Wednesday night or Thursday morning in northern Cagayan.
Central Luzon provinces which are still reeling from the devastation of typhoon "Pepeng" like Cagayan might also feel the strong winds and rains of Ramil, PAGASA said.
Metro Manila, which is also still recovering from the damage sustained from tropical storm "Ondoy," was declared out of harm’s way.
Nilo said there is however a "20 percent chance" that Ramil would spare northern Luzon provinces from further damage by veering towards Taiwan.
This would only happen if the "trough" located north of the typhoon would maintain its position for the next two days.
The trough – an elongated area of low atmospheric pressure – should maintain its position and continue to dominate the high pressure area (HPA) over Hong Kong, Nilo explained, so the HPA would not influence Ramil to move northwest or towards the direction of extreme northern Luzon.
Source:Source: tempo
By JC BELLO RUIZ
Typhoon "Ramil" intensified further yesterday but it slowed down and remains a threat to extreme Northern Luzon.
As of 5 p.m. yesterday, Ramil was spotted 1,150 kilometers (kms) southeast of Aparri, Cagayan or 17.4 degrees north or 133.8 degrees east.
Ramil now has maximum sustained winds of 175 kilometers per hour (kph) and gustiness of up to 210 kph. It is forecast to remain almost stationary.
Last Saturday, it had maximum sustained winds of 130 kph and gustiness of up to 150 kph and moving west-northwest at 13 kph.
No public storm warning signals have been raised by PAGASA as Ramil will not affect any part of the country in the next 36 hours.
Ramil was forecast to be at 1,200 kms east of Aparri, Cagayan this afternoon, 820 kms northeast of Aparri or 980 kms east of Basco, Batanes tomorrow afternoon, and 630 kms of Basco on Wednesday afternoon.
Dr. Prisco Nilo, head of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), said forecast models for the next three days indicated that Ramil – which could turn into a super-typhoon while at the Pacific Ocean – will make landfall either on Wednesday night or Thursday morning in northern Cagayan.
Central Luzon provinces which are still reeling from the devastation of typhoon "Pepeng" like Cagayan might also feel the strong winds and rains of Ramil, PAGASA said.
Metro Manila, which is also still recovering from the damage sustained from tropical storm "Ondoy," was declared out of harm’s way.
Nilo said there is however a "20 percent chance" that Ramil would spare northern Luzon provinces from further damage by veering towards Taiwan.
This would only happen if the "trough" located north of the typhoon would maintain its position for the next two days.
The trough – an elongated area of low atmospheric pressure – should maintain its position and continue to dominate the high pressure area (HPA) over Hong Kong, Nilo explained, so the HPA would not influence Ramil to move northwest or towards the direction of extreme northern Luzon.
Source:Source: tempo
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