|
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
Just rains, no storm in Visayas
IT’S better to bring your jackets and umbrellas nowadays as intermittent rains in Metro Cebu indicate that the rainy season is here.
Although the weather bureau Pag-asa sighted tropical storm Rolly in the Pacific Ocean, it’s located some 1,200 kilometers east of Northern Luzon and has no direct effect on Cebu, said weather specialist Clod Alviola last night.
Alviola said Rolly was already in the northernmost part of the country and is expected to head to southern Japan or China by today.
The storm has maximum sustained winds of 85 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness up to 100 kph. It is moving north at 19 kph.
An intertropical convergence zone also affects Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
The rainy season is expected to last until the first quarter next year, he added.
Typhoon season in the Philippines is from June to December, with more than one typhoon a month. During the peak season, from July to September, the country experiences at least three typhoons a month.
A tropical depression has maximum winds from 40 to 63 kph; a tropical storm, 64 to 117 kph; and typhoon, more than 118 kph.
Metro Cebu is in for widespread rains and light to moderate wind today. (GC)
(October 6, 2004 issue)
Write letter to the editor.Click here.
Join the Sun.Star message board.Click here. |
|
[return to top]
[home]
[network page]
|
LOCAL NEWS
BUSINESS
OPINION
SPORTS
LIFESTYLE
FEATURE
SUPERBALITA
WEEKEND
|
