In a way, the COVID-19 pandemic
has somewhat gotten people throughout the country to pay little mind to the
weather. When the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services
Administration (PAGASA) announced the start of the rainy season on Independence
Day last month, it did not seem like much considering that Typhoon Ambo already
went through Eastern Visayas and Luzon in May. Only one other weather
disturbance came around last month, Storm Butchoy which was weaker than a
typhoon. Now, the third weather foul-up of the year for the Philippines, named
Carina, has arrived; and it being a mere tropical depression means it is even
weaker.
As Inquirer.net tells it, Tropical Depression Carina has its movement
across the northern part of the Philippines forecast by national weather bureau
PAGASA in their 8 AM report for Monday, July 13. Carina began as a cluster of
clouds in the Philippine Sea, which then began moving at a northwesterly direction
towards the archipelago. From the look of things the main body of the tropical
depression will pass the Luzon strait, in close proximity to the Babuyan
Islands and northeastern Cagayan province, all throughout the evening of Monday
to early morning of Tuesday, July 14.
To wit, the Tropical Cyclone
Warning Signal Number 1 has thus been raised, not just in the Cagayan
municipalities of Santa Ana, Gonzaga, Santa Teresita, Buguey, eastern Lal-lo,
eastern Gattaran, and eastern Baggao, as well as the Babuyan Islands, but also
on the perennially typhoon-blasted island province of Batanes. Under Typhoon
Signal No. 1, the affected locations can expect intermittent rainfall and winds
of 30 kilometers per hour at minimum, and 60 km/h at most, all within a 36-hour
period. While the track of the depression is mostly over water, PAGASA notes
that there is still a chance for landfall.
While not yet covered by a
typhoon signal, the remaining portion of Cagayan and its neighboring province
of Isabela can still expect rains of moderate to heavy intensity. The rest of
Region II, parts of Region I and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) will
experience light to moderate rainfall, and some random heavy rain. While tropical
depression Carina is around, there will be plenty of clouds covering the sky
for Metro Manila, the Visayas and Mindanao. As expected of the weak weather disturbance
that it is, the weather bureau predicts that Carina will become a low-pressure
area Wednesday, July 15. Carina has maximum sustained winds of just around 55
km/h.
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