Weather Today – October 4, 2018

At 3:00 AM today, the eye of Typhoon #QueeniePH was last spotted at 670 km east-northeast of Basco, Batanes. It has maximum sustained winds of 150 kph and gustiness of up to 185 kph, moving northwest at 20 kph. The typhoon is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility tonight at around 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

According to PAGASA Weather Forecaster Ariel Rojas, the heavy downpour last night and last Tuesday were not directly caused by the typhoon, but by localized thunderstorms. As the typhoon continues to move away from the country with no direct effect, its trough or extension still brings cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms in Central and Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao and CARAGA. In the remaining parts of the country including Metro Manila, partly cloudy to cloudy skies prevail with only isolated rain showers.

Meanwhile, gale warnings are hoisted in the northern and western seaboards of Northern Luzon, and the eastern seaboard of Luzon. Fishing boats and other small seacraft are advised not to venture out into the sea, while larger sea vessels are alerted against big waves.