Bagyong NINA Update

     

As of 5am, Monday December 26 BAGYONG NINA" HAS SLIGHTLY WEAKENED

       Estimated rainfall amount is from moderate to heavy within the 400 km diameter of the typhoon.
It is expected to traverse the provinces of southern Quezon, Batangas, and Cavite.
Sea travel is risky over the seaboards of Luzon.
Storm surge height of up to 2.5 meters is possible over the coastal areas of Camarines Sur and southern Quezon.

       

 Location of eye/center:

 At 4:00 AM today, the eye of Typhoon "NINA" was located based on all available data including Tagaytay, Subic and Iloilo doppler radar at 85 km North of Romblon, Romblon (13.3 °N, 122.2 °E)

Strength:

Maximum sustained winds of 150 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 250 kph

Forecast Movement:

Forecast to move West at 20 kph

Forecast Positions:

24 Hour( Tomorrow morning): 200 km West Southwest of Iba, Zambales

48 Hour(Wednesday morning):350 km North Northeast of Pagasa Island, Palawan

72 Hour(Thursday morning): 245 km West Northwest of Pagasa Island, Palawan (OUTSIDE PAR)

  

Signal no. 3 (Winds of 121 -170 kph is expected in at least 18 hrs)

• Camarines Sur
• Southern Quezon
• Marinduque, Batangas
• Northern Oriental Mindoro
• Lubang Island
• Cavite 
• Laguna

Areas on Signal Number 2 (61-120 kph expected in 24 hrs)

• Metro Manila
• Rizal
• Northern Quezon including Polillo Islands, Bulacan, Bataan, Pampanga, 
• Southern Zambales, , rest of Oriental Mindoro, Romblon, northern Occidental Mindoro, Burias Island, Camarines Norte
• Albay

Areas on Signal Number 1 (30-60kph expected in 36 hrs)

• The rest of Occidental Mindoro
• Masbate including Ticao Island, rest of Zambales
• Tarlac
•  Nueva Ecija
• southern Aurora
•  Pangasinan
•  Sorsogon
•  Catanduanes

Several domestic and International flights on December 25 and 26 had been cancelled due to bad weather caused by Nina.