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

Potential Cyclone Spotted Off Mindanao Could Bring Rains Over Parts of the Country

A Low Pressure Area (LPA) or a potential cyclone was spotted off the coast of Mindanao on Tuesday morning, November 25, 2014 as confirmed by the country’s weather bureau, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). According to the latest weather bulletin of PAGASA, as of 4:00 AM on Tuesday, the Low Pressure … Read more

LPA Agaton Expected to Form Into Cyclone (PAGASA Jan. 16)

The Low Pressure Area (LPA) that hits the Eastern Visayas and CARAGA Region could trigger flash floods and landslides as Cyclone is expected to form in the next 24 hours, PAGASA reported on their latest weather bulletin issued on January 16, 2014. In a weather report posted by ABS-CBN, weather forecaster Samuel Duran of PAGASA, … Read more