By: Ellalyn V. Ruiz
Tropical depression “Tino” has intensified into a tropical storm but will no longer affect the Philippines as it left the country’s area of responsibility yesterday.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration estimated the location of Tino at 70 kilometers east-northeast of Pagasa Island, Palawan yesterday morning or outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility, with maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 90 kph.
The prevailing weather system today will be the easterlies or the warm and moist air coming from the Pacific Ocean.
PAGASA said Visayas, Albay, Catanduanes, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Masbate, Sorsogon, Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan, Cagayan, Aurora, and Quezon will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the easterly winds.
The weather bureau warned residents of these areas of possible flooding or landslides due to possible occasional heavy rains.
Meanwhile, the northeast monsoon or “amihan” will bring partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains over Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, and Batanes.
Metro Manila and the rest of the country will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers due to localized thunderstorms, which could cause flash floods from isolated heavy rains, lightning, and strong winds.
PAGASA said easterly winds will persist throughout the country until Tuesday.
