Weather Today – November 1, 2017 #RAMILPH

The Low Pressure Area (LPA) has developed into a Tropical Depression and was named “Ramil”, the first Tropical Cyclone within the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) for the month of November. Based on the latest bulletin issued at 11:00 AM today, it was last spotted at 85 kilometers (km) east-southeast of Coron, Palawan. Ramil has maximum winds of up to 45 kph and gustiness of up to 60 kph. Moving west at 20 kph, PAGASA Weather Forecaster Chris Perez said it is expected to exit the PAR tomorrow evening or Friday morning.

Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal Number 1 is hoisted in Northern Palawan including the Calamian Group of Islands, Southern Occidental Mindoro and Southern Oriental Mindoro, Aklan and Antique. In the next 36 hours, winds of 30-60 kph will be observed, along with rains and gusty winds. Residents are alerted against possible flash floods and landslides.

Metro Manila, Bicol Region, CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) and the provinces of Marinduque, Romblon and the rest of Palawan will experience cloudy skies with scattered to widespread rains and thunderstorms. The same weather condition is expected in Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, Caraga and Central Luzon.

Meanwhile, the Northeast Monsoon or Hanging Amihan will bring cloudy skies with light rains in the rest of Luzon, while the rest of Mindanao can expect partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms.

Apart from the light rains, Amihan is also expected to bring rough to very rough sea conditions in the seaboards of Northern Luzon ,as well as the eastern seaboards of Central and Southern Luzon. Fishing boats and other small seacraft are not allowed to venture out into the sea while larger sea vessels are alerted against big waves.