The Low Pressure Area being monitored by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has developed into a Tropical Depression (TD) at 2:00 AM today, July 13, 2020 and has been named “Carina.”
According to PAGASA’s Severe Weather Bulletin issued at 8:00 AM today, the center of TD “Carina” was located at 275 km East of Tuguegarao City, Cagayan at 7:00 AM.
Moving at 20 km per hour, Carina has a maximum sustained winds of 45 km per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 55 km per hour.
Furthermore, according to PAGASA, Babuyan Islands and the eastern section of mainland Cagayan and Isabela will experience moderate to heavy rains today.
On the other hand, light to moderate with at times heavy rains will affect the following areas:
In addition, the public is advised not to venture out to sea with small seacrafts as moderate to rough seas will be experienced over the northern and eastern seaboards of Luzon in the next 24 hours.
TCWS #1 has also been raised in the following areas:
These areas may experience:
Rice crops, however, may suffer significant damage when it is in its flowering stage.
The agency’s Severe Weather Bulletin also showed that TD “Carina” is forecast to pass close to the northeastern part of Cagayan and Babuyan Islands between tonight and tomorrow morning.
However, the agency explained that accounting for the forecast track probability cone, a landfall scenario over these areas remains likely.
Furthermore, the tropical depression is forecast to weaken into LPA on Wednesday.
SOURCE: PAGASA
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