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Mario maintains strength, 6 areas under Signal No. 2

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Mario maintains strength, 6 areas under Signal No. 2
(2nd UPDATE) Signal No 1 was also raised over 10 areas. The combined effects of Mario and the southwest monsoon will bring moderate to heavy rains and thunderstorms in the Bicol, Eastern Visayas, and Central Visayas regions

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MANILA, Philippines (2nd UPDATE) – Tropical Storm Mario (Fung-Wong) maintained its strength on Thursday night, September 18, as it moves toward northern Luzon, state weather bureau PAGASA said.
As of 10 pm Thursday, the center of Mario was located at 436 km east of Baler, Aurora. The tropical storm has maximum sustained winds of 65 km per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 80 km per hour.
It is seen to move west northwest at 26 km per hour, PAGASA said, with moderate to intense rains (7 to 20 mm per hour) within its 350-km diameter.
PAGASA has raised public storm warning signal number 2 over the following areas:
  • Cagayan, including Calayan and Babuyan Group of Islands
  • Isabela
  • Kalinga
  • Apayao
  • Abra
  • Ilocos Norte

These areas will experience stormy weather with rough to very rough seas.

Meanwhile, public storm warning signal number 1 is raised over:

  • Catanduanes
  • Aurora
  • Quirino
  • Nueva Vizcaya
  • Ifugao
  • Benguet
  • Mountain Province
  • Ilocos Sur
  • La Union
  • Batanes Group of Islands 

These areas will have rains with gusty winds, and moderate to rough seas. 

The combined effect of Mario and the Southwest Monsoon will bring moderate to heavy rains and thunderstorms in the regions of Bicol, Eastern Visayas, and Central Visayas which may trigger flashfloods and landslides. 

Mario is expected to be in the vicinity of Aparri, Cagayan, by Friday evening, September 19; at 90 km northwest of the Calayan Group of Islands by Saturday night, September 20; and, at 493 km north northeast of Basco, Batanes by Sunday evening, September 21.  

The next bulletin for Mario will be issued at 5 am Friday.

Tropical Storm Mario as of Sept 18, 11 pm. Image from PAGASA website

Meanwhile, in its 5 pm weather bulletin on Thursday, PAGASA said the rest of Luzon and of Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao and Caraga will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rains and thunderstorms.

The rest of Mindanao will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Coastal seas will be moderate to rough as moderate to strong winds blow from the northwest to southwest over Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, and from the northeast to northwest over the rest of Luzon. 

City Forecast Temperature
Range
Metro Manila Cloudy skies with rainshowers
and/or thunderstorms		 23°C-30°C
Tuguegarao Stormy 20°C-28°C
Laoag Rains with gusty winds 22°C-29°C
Baguio Rains with gusty winds 15°C-21°C
Subic/Olongapo; Clark/Angeles Cloudy skies with rainshowers
and/or thunderstorms		 23°C-30°C
Tagaytay Cloudy skies with rainshowers
and/or thunderstorms		 20°C-28°C
Lipa Cloudy skies with rainshowers
and/or thunderstorms		 21°C-30°C
Legazpi Cloudy skies with rainshowers
and/or thunderstorms		 23°C-28°C
Puerto Princesa Cloudy skies with rainshowers
and/or thunderstorms		 23°C-29°C
Iloilo/Bacolod Cloudy skies with rainshowers
and/or thunderstorms		 23°C-31°C
Metro Cebu Cloudy skies with rainshowers
and/or thunderstorms		 23°C-28°C
Tacloban Cloudy skies with rainshowers
and/or thunderstorms		 23°C-29°C
Cagayan de Oro Cloudy skies with rainshowers
and/or thunderstorms		 20°C-31°C
Metro Davao Partly cloudy to cloudy skies
with isolated rainshowers
or thunderstorms		 23°C-33°C
Zamboanga Cloudy skies with rainshowers
and/or thunderstorms		 23°C-31°C

– Rappler.com

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