PAGASA: Eight areas under Signal No. 1 as Bising maintains 45 kph winds

Eight areas in Bicol and Eastern Visayas were under Storm Signal No. 1 early Saturday as Tropical Depression Bising maintained its strength and moved north-northwest, state weather forecasters said.

 

PAGASA, in its 5 a.m. advisory, said Bising was estimated at 170 km northeast of Borongan, Eastern Samar as of 4 a.m., with maximum winds of 45 kph near the center.

 

It said Tropical Depression Bising was forecast to move north-northwest at 13 kph and is expected to be at 110 km northeast of Virac, Catanduanes by Sunday morning. NASA's Joint Typhoon Warning Center has not classified Bising as a tropical depression, and has not yet named the weather disturbance.

 

By Monday morning, it is forecast to be 360 km east of Aparri, Cagayan. By Tuesday morning, it is expected to be at 580 km northeast of Basco, Batanes.

 

Under Storm Signal No. 1, with winds of 45 to 60 kph within the next 36 hours, are :

 

 

PAGASA reminded residents in low-lying and mountainous areas under Storm Signal No. 1 to be alert against possible flash floods and landslides. 

 

It said Bising may bring rainfall of 5 to 15 mm per hour (moderate to heavy) within its 300-km diameter.

 

"Fishing boats and other small seacrafts are advised not to venture out into the seaboards of Northern and Central Luzon and over the eastern seaboard of Southern Luzon and Visayas due to Tropical Depression Bising and the northeast monsoon," it said. Other parts of the country Meanwhile, PAGASA also said that Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon except Palawan should expect cloudy skies with light to moderate rainshowers and thunderstorms. "The rest of the country will experience partly cloudy skies with brief rainshowers or thunderstorms," the state weather bureau said. "Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Southeast to Northeast will prevail over Visayas and from the Northeast over Luzon... Elsewhere, winds will be moderate coming from the Northwest to Southwest with moderate seas," it added. — with Shaira F. Panela, ELR, GMA News