Bagyong Florita Intensifies Into Tropical Storm, PAGASA Says
The state weather bureau PAGASA reported that Tropical Depression Florita has already intensified into a tropical storm.
On Friday (June 29. 2018), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that Florita has turned into a tropical storm.
The Low-Pressure Area spotted inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), which developed into a tropical depression named Florita has now intensified into a tropical storm.
The weather disturbance strengthens the southwest monsoon that would bring occasional rains over Northern Luzon during the weekend.
Florita’s center was located about 860 km East of Basco, Batanes packing sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour (kph) and gustiness of up to 80 kph.
The tropical storm is moving at a speed of 11 kph at a northwest direction and could bring moderate to heavy rainfall within its 300 km diameter.
PAGASA explained that the storm is not expected to make a landfall in the country so no tropical cyclone warning signals have been raised.
The weather agency expects Tropical Storm Florita to exit PAR by Sunday morning.
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