New cyclone to enter PH this week
Track of Tropical depression W18. Image courtesy of the Joint Typhoon Warning Center
MANILA – A new tropical cyclone is expected to enter the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) this week, state weather bureau PAGASA said.
Speaking to dzMM, PAGASA forecaster Gener Quitlong said the cyclone, already categorized as a tropical depression, was spotted east of Mindanao but was still outside the PAR.
Quitlong said the tropical depression will enter the PAR before the weekend.
Meanwhile, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) said the tropical depression, codenamed W18, was spotted in the vicinity of Micronesia as of early Monday morning.
The tropical depression was packing 1-minute maximum sustained winds of 25 knots (46.3 kilometers per hour) as of 2 a.m. Monday (Manila time).
In its 24-hour weather forecast for Monday, PAGASA said the Philippines will have a generally fair weather.
It said the regions of Davao and Caraga will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rains and thunderstorms.
Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rains or thunderstorms.
This is a repost from ABS-CBN
