MANILA – The southwest monsoon or habagat enhanced by Typhoon Carina will cause monsoon rains over parts of Luzon, the weather bureau said Tuesday.
Monsoon rains will be experienced over Ilocos Region, Abra, Benguet, Zambales, Bataan, Cavite, Batangas, Occidental Mindoro, and Northern Palawan including Calamian and Cuyo islands.
In its tropical cyclone bulletin at 5 a.m, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Carina, last tracked 380 km. east of Aparri, Cagayan, would also cause scattered rain showers over Cagayan Valley and Aurora.
The typhoon packs maximum sustained winds of 130 km. per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 160 kph.
The "habagat" will likewise bring occasional rains over Metro Manila, Oriental Mindoro, Romblon, Rizal, Laguna, Pampanga, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Aklan, Antique, and the rest of Cordillera Administrative Region.
It will bring scattered rain showers over Bicol Region, Negros Island Region, Zamboanga Peninsula, Quezon, Northern Samar, Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, the rest of Mimaropa, and the rest of Western Visayas, and isolated rain showers over the rest of the country.
Tropical cyclone wind signal no. 1 is still hoisted over Batanes, Babuyan Islands, the northern and eastern portions of mainland Cagayan (Santa Ana, Gattaran, Baggao, Peñablanca, Lal-Lo, Gonzaga, Buguey, Santa Teresita, Aparri, Camalaniugan, Ballesteros, Allacapan, Abulug, Pamplona, Claveria, Sanchez-Mira, Santa Praxedes, Lasam, Alcala), the eastern portion of Isabela (Divilacan, Palanan, Maconacon, Dinapigue, Tumauini, Ilagan City, San Mariano, Cabagan, San Pablo, Santa Maria), the northern portion of Apayao (Calanasan, Luna, Pudtol, Flora, Santa Marcela), the northern portion of Ilocos Norte (Pagudpud, Bangui, Adams, Dumalneg, Burgos, Vintar), the northern portion of Aurora (Dilasag, Casiguran), Polillo Islands, Calaguas Islands, and the northern portion of Catanduanes (Pandan, Bagamanoc, Panganiban, Viga, Gigmoto, Caramoran).
Minimal to minor impacts due to strong winds are possible in those areas, PAGASA said.
"Habagat" will also cause strong to gale-force winds in Ilocos Region, Abra, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, Zambales, Bataan, Aurora, Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol Region, Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, and Davao Region.
Gale warning is in effect over the coastal waters of Batanes and Babuyan Islands. Sea travel is risky for small seacraft, including all types of motorized bancas.
Both Carina and "habagat" will bring moderate to rough seas over the northern and eastern seaboards of Northern Luzon, the eastern seaboards of Central and Southern Luzon, and the western seaboards of Central and Southern Luzon.
PAGASA advised mariners of small seacraft, including all types of motor bancas, not to venture into the sea.
Moderate seas are also expected over the southern seaboards of Southern Luzon, the western and eastern seaboards of the Visayas, and the eastern seaboard of Mindanao.
Mariners of motorized bancas and similarly-sized vessels are advised to take precautionary measures while venturing out to sea, and if possible, avoid navigating under this condition, PAGASA said. (PNA)
