Signal#4 raised over Cagayan and Northern Isabela

Source: Meteorological Satellite Center of JMA https://www.data.jma.go.jp/mscweb/data/himawari/sat_img.php

QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Weather bureau PAGASA has raised tropical cyclone signal number 4 over the areas of Cagayan and Northern Isabela.

This means residents in the said area may expect strong winds of up to 171 to 220kph in the next 12 hours.

As of 4:00 p.m. Friday (September 14) Typhoon Ompong is monitored at 340 east-northeast of Casiguran Aurora packed with maximum sustained winds of 205kph and gustiness of 255kph. It is moving northwest at 30kph.

Monsoon rains are now affecting southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

Signal#3 is raised over the areas of:

Babuyan Group of Islands

Ilocos Sur

Ilocos Norte

Apayao

Abra

Kalinga

Mt. Province

Benguet

Ifugao

Nueva Vizcaya

Quirino

Northern Aurora

Isabela.

Residents in these areas may expect 121kph to170kph of winds in the next 18 hours.

Meanwhile, signal#2 is raised over the areas of

Batanes

La Union

Pangasinan

Tarlac

Nueva Ecija

Aurora

N. Zambales

Residents in these areas may expect 61kph to 120kph of winds in the next 24 hours.

Signal#1 is still up over areas of:

S. Zambales

Pampanga

Bulacan

Bataan

Rizal

Metro Manila

Cavite

Batangas

Laguna

Quezon including Polilio Islands.

Residents in these areas may expect winds of up to 30kph in the next 36 hours. – Marje Pelayo