PAGASA – Siony Maintains Strength, Moves Over Bashi
PAGASA – Weather bureau PAGASA recently said that Severe tropical storm Siony maintained its strength as it moved over Bashi channel.
The 11 AM bulletin from the state weather bureau says that another weather disturbance is set to enter the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR).
A report from ABS-CBN News states that Siony is expected to leave PAR on Friday night. It is forecast to maintain its strength in the next 12 hours. However, it is also expected to “significantly weaken” because of unfavorable conditions akin to the northeasterlies over the West Philippine Sea.
On the other hand, a Low Pressure Area (LPA) was last spotted outside PAR. It was last spotted at about 1,195 kilometers east of Mindanao. The LPA is expected to move generally west northwest and is expected to enter PAR by Friday afternoon or evening.
It is expected to develop into a tropical depression within the next 2 days and will be called Tonyo. The LPA is expected to head towards the direction of Eastern Visayas and may likely reach the area by tomorrow afternoon or evening.
Siony was packed with sustained winds of 95 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts of up to 115 kilometers per hour. It was spotted at about 50 kilometers northwest of Itbayat, Batanes and is moving westward at 20 kilometers per hour.
Batanes is currently placed under tropical cyclone wind signal (TCWS) No. 2. It will face 61-120 kph winds within 24 hours and may damage wooden and old electric posts.
TCWS no. 1 was hoisted over Babuyan Islands. 30-60 kph winds, are to be expected and may rip roofs off nipa and cogon huts, damage rice crops and down banana plants.
The two area will face moderate to heavy rains Friday due to the storm. The bureau warned that flooding, flash floods, and rain-induced landslides may occur during heavy or prolonged rainfall, based on the report.
The said storm will continue moving over the sea off Taiwan’s southern coast in the next 12 hours and weaken into a low pressure area on Sunday afternoon.
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