PAGASA - Weather Forecast August 21, 2012

Synopsis:

At 4:00 am today, Typhoon "IGME" was estimated at 380 km East of Aparri, Cagayan (19.7°N 125.4°E) with maximum sustained winds of 160 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 195 kph. It is forecast to move North at 11 kph.

Forecast:

Cagayan including Calayan, Babuyan and Batanes Group of Islands will experience rains with gusty winds and the coastal waters along these areas will be rough to very rough. The rest of Luzon will be mostly cloudy with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming cloudy with widespread rains over the rest of Northern Luzon and the western section of Central Luzon which may trigger flashfloods and landslides. Visayas and Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms. 

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Northwest to West will prevail over the rest of Northern Luzon and coming from the Southwest over the rest of the country. The coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough.