Tropical Storm Henry enters PAR

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MANILA, Philippines (2nd UPDATE) – Tropical Storm Henry (international codename Matmo) located east of northern Mindanao has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Friday, July 18, state weather bureau PAGASA said.

The eye of the tropical storm was estimated at 890 km east of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, with maximum sustained winds of 65 km per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 80 km per hour.

It is expected to move north northwest at 7 km per hour.

Henry is expected to be at 800 km east of Guiuan, Eastern Samar by Saturday morning, July 19, at 860 km east of Casiguran, Aurora by Sunday morning, July 20, and at 600 km East of Basco, Batanes by Monday morning, July 21.

PAGASA said the tropical storm “will not yet affect any part of the country.” 

The next bulletin on Henry will be issued at 11 am Friday.  

Meanwhile, in its 5 am bulletin on Friday, PAGASA said Metro Manila, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, and the provinces of Palawan, and Mindoro will have occasional rains.

A southwest monsoon is affecting the western section of Luzon. 

The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms.  

Coastal waters will be moderate to rough as moderate to strong winds blow from southwest to southeast over Luzon, and from southwest over the rest of the country. 

City	Forecast		Temperature Range
Metro Manila		Occasional rains	24°C-30°C
Tuguegarao		Partly cloudy to at times cloudy with rainshowers and/or thunderstorms	25°C-35°C
Laoag		Partly cloudy to at times cloudy with rainshowers and/or thunderstorms	26°C-32°C
Baguio		Partly cloudy to at times cloudy with rainshowers and/or thunderstorms	15°C-20°C
Subic/Olongapo; Clark/Angeles		Occasional rains	24°C-30°C
Tagaytay		Partly cloudy to at times cloudy with rainshowers and/or thunderstorms	22°C-29°C
Lipa		Partly cloudy to at times cloudy with rainshowers and/or thunderstorms	24°C-31°C
Legazpi		Partly cloudy to at times cloudy with rainshowers and/or thunderstorms	24°C-32°C
Puerto Princesa		Occasional rains	24°C-30°C
Iloilo/Bacolod		Partly cloudy to at times cloudy with rainshowers and/or thunderstorms	24°C-31°C
Metro Cebu		Partly cloudy to at times cloudy with rainshowers and/or thunderstorms	25°C-33°C
Tacloban		Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with rainshowers and/or thunderstorms	25°C-33°C
Cagayan de Oro		Partly cloudy to at times cloudy with rainshowers and/or thunderstorms	23°C-33°C
Metro Davao		Partly cloudy to at times cloudy with rainshowers and/or thunderstorms	25°C-34°C
Zamboanga		Partly cloudy to at times cloudy with rainshowers and/or thunderstorms	25°C-34°C

– Rappler.com