PAGASA Adopts New Cyclone Category “Super Typhoon” (STY) Starting 2015

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) officially adopt the new typhoon category, “Super Typhoon” or STY for tropical cyclones that will hit the Philippines. The Super Typhoon category will be given to weather disturbance that register maximum sustained winds of more than 230 kilometers per hour beginning this year 2015. PAGASA deputy … Read more

PAGASA Forecasts an LPA to Enter Philippines On Friday (Bagyong Ruby)

The Philippine weather bureau, PAGASA, forecasts for a possible Low Pressure Area (LPA) that may develop into a typhoon as it enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility this coming Friday, December 5, 2014. PAGASA is already keeping an eye of the developing storm off the Pacific Ocean.  Photo Credit: Joint Typhoon Warning Center According to … Read more