A weather disturbance could develop into a tropical cyclone by this weekend and enter the Philippine area of responsibility Saturday evening.
Jan 062013
Jan 042013
Tropical Storm Auring (Sonamu) has moved outside the PAR and all storm warnings have been lowered.
Dec 242012
Tropical depression Quinta was upgraded to a tropical storm as it continues to move towards eastern Visayas, Storm signal #2 was hoisted over 5 areas in Visayas and Mindanao. In its 11 am bulletin, PAGASA noted that as of 10 am Quinta was located 260 km East of Guiuan, more »
Dec 042012
Typhoon Bopha, the strongest tropical storm to hit the Philippines this year, has slammed into a southern island, killing at least 40 people, destroying homes, cutting power and forcing the cancellation of flights and ferry services, officials said. The state weather service said Bopha made landfall on Mindanao island's more »
Oct 162012
The National Hurricane Center reported during their 2:00 PM update that the center of Hurricane Paul (now a Category One hurricane) was located approximately 10 miles SW of Cabo San Lazaro. Paul has maximum sustained winds of 75 mph and has slowed down and is moving North at 15 more »
Oct 152012
HURRICANE Paul is strengthening in the Pacific off Mexico and a tropical storm watch has been issued for a portion of Baja California. The US National Hurricane Center says Paul's maximum sustained winds were 130km/h early on Monday. Some additional strengthening is forecast during the day before weakening is more »
Oct 072012
Bangkok is bracing for the expected arrival of Tropical Storm Gaemi, which hit Vietnam yesterday and is likely to affect many Thai provinces, including the capital, from today. The Meteorological Department said yesterday that the storm had a maximum wind speed near the centre of 80 kilometers per hour and more »
Oct 072012
Tropical Storm Olivia is lumbering north in the Pacific Sunday, 931 miles southwest of Baja California, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. The storm, with sustained winds of 60 mph and gusts as high as 90 mph, poses no threat to make landfall, forecasters said. It is moving northwest more »
Oct 032012
The AIRS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of Tropical storm Maliksi on Oct. 2, 2012, at 11:47 p.m. EDT. Strongest thunderstorms appeared east of the center of circulation, where cloud-top temperatures were as cold as -63 Fahrenheit (-52 Celsius). Credit: NASA JPL, Ed more »
Tropical Storm ‘Marce’ (aka Gaemi) Intensifies
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Oct 032012
Tropical Storm Marce (international name: Gaemi) has intensified further as it remained almost stationary over the West Philippine Sea, the state weather bureau said Wednesday. Public storm warning signal number 1 was raised over the provinces of Zambales and Bataan, with these experiencing experiencing winds of 30 to 60 more »
Oct 032012
Oct 032012
NASA satellites continue to gather data from Tropical Storm Nadine on its twenty-second day of life in the eastern Atlantic as it threatens the Azores again. NASA data has shown that wind shear is pushing the bulk of clouds and showers away from Nadine's center of circulation. A more »
Oct 032012
Tropical Storm Gaemi is packing a lot of power around its middle and on one side of the storm, and that was apparent in NASA satellite imagery. NASA's Terra satellite passed over Tropical Storm Gaemi on Oct. 3 at 0300 UTC (11:00 p.m. EDT, Oct. 2) and the Moderate more »
Sep 282012
The National Hurricane Center reported that Tropical Storm Norman is quickly moving northward toward the coast of Mexico. Tropical storm warnings are in effect for the west coast of mainland Mexico from La Cruz northward to Huatabampo. The center of Norman is approximately 145 miles WNW of Mazatlan, Mexico and more »
Sep 102012
Canada's east coast is bracing for the arrival of Tropical Storm Leslie, which is expected to make landfall Tuesday in Newfoundland, the Canadian Hurricane Centre said Monday. The center said Leslie could make landfall as a hurricane or a strong tropical storm. Forecaster Bob Robichaud said wind gusts could more »
Sep 082012
Tropical Storm Leslie weakened as it picked up momentum heading north in the Atlantic Ocean on a track past Bermuda. Leslie’s path may take the storm east of Bermuda over the weekend, the National Hurricane Center said. The system was 375 miles south-southeast of Bermuda with winds of 65 more »
Sep 042012
Amazon.com Widgets The National Hurricane Center reported that Tropical Storm Leslie may grow into a hurricane and just brush the Bermuda islands later this week. Leslie has winds of 65 miles per hour and is moving north at 5 mph. The storm was 545 miles southeast of Bermuda at more »
Aug 302012
The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida reported that Hurricane Ileana has likely reached its peak intensity. At 2:00 PM PDT, the center of Ileana was located 315 miles West-Southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. Ileana is moving toward the Northwest near 6 mph and is expected to more »
Aug 272012
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Aug 172012
Tropical Storm Gordon continued aiming quickly toward the Azores on Friday, while a new tropical wave has rolled off the coast of Africa. After weakening overnight, Gordon is no longer predicted to grow into a hurricane. It still is expected to bring wind and rain to the Azores, the more »