PAGASA Weather Update for 16 June 2018

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Filipino: Pangasiwaan ng Pilipinas sa Serbisyong Atmospero, Heopisiko at Astronomiya, abbreviated as PAGASA [pagˈasa], which means "hope" as in the Tagalog word pag-asa) is the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) agency of the Republic of the Philippines mandated to provide protection against natural calamities and to insure the safety, well-being and economic security of all the people, and for the promotion of national progress by undertaking scientific and technological services in meteorology, hydrology, climatology, astronomy and other geophysical sciences. Created on December 8, 1972 by reorganizing the Weather Bureau, PAGASA now serves as one of the Scientific and Technological Services Institutes of the Department of Science and Technology.

“ESTER” HAS ACCELERATED AND IS NOW OUTSIDE THE PHILIPPINE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (PAR). Issued at 11:00 p.m., 15 June 2018

Issued at:4:00 AM today, 16 June 2018 
SYNOPSIS:    Southwest Monsoon affecting Luzon.

FORECAST WEATHER CONDITIONS:

Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Batanes, Babuyan Group of Islands, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bataan and Zambales due to Monsoon Rains caused by Southwest Monsoon. Possible flooding or landslides due   to  moderate to occasional heavy rains

Metro Manila, CALABARZON, Mindoro and the rest of Central Luzon  will experience cloudy skies with light to moderate rains and isolated thunderstorms caused by Southwest Monsoon. Possible flooding in low lying areas

Visayas, Mindanao and the rest of Luzon will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers because of a Localized thunderstorms. No significant impact.