Woolf 8,551 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Cebu Daily News https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/212499/pagasa-this-years-first-weather-disturbance-may-greet-the-sinulog-grand-parade Quote Pagasa: This year’s first weather disturbance may greet the Sinulog grand parade By Rosalie O. Abatayo |January 15,2019 - 10:10 PM CEBU CITY, Philippines — This year’s first tropical depression may greet the Fiesta Señor, more popularly known as the Sinulog Festival, the state weather bureau said Tuesday. Netherlen Seletrero, weather specialist of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) in Mactan, said they are currently monitoring a low pressure area (LPA) outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). Seletrero said there is a high chance that the LPA would develop into a tropical depression before it enters PAR in the eastern border of Mindanao on Friday afternoon. If the LPA would develop into a tropical depression, it would be the first typhoon and will be named ‘Amang.’ “LPA pa man siya so erratic pa ang iyang movement. But we are looking at two possibilities. First is magpabilin lang sya sa kadagatan ug dili lang maglandfall and second is mo-cross gyud siya sa Visayas from southern Cebu and will directly pass through northern Cebu,” Seletrero told CDN Digital on Tuesday. Seletrero said the LPA will rain starting on Saturday afternoon or during the solemn foot procession and was projected to continue on Sunday, January 20. “Okay pa sa fluvial procession pero on the foot procession na na pag-uwan-uwan,” she added. The fluvial parade will be conducted pre-dawn on Saturday that will bring the image of the Sto. Niño from Mactan Island (where it was brought the night before) to Cebu City port area, from where it will be brought to the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño on foot, after which a reenactment of the Christianization of Cebu will be held. The solemn foot procession, which will be conducted in the afternoon of the same day, is one of the highlights of the Sinulog celebration, held on the eve of the Sto. Niño feast and attended by thousands of devotees. On Sunday, January 20, the culminating activities will be held, starting with the 8 a.m. Pontifical Mass at the Basilica at 8 a.m. and the staging of the mardi gras-like grand parade along key routes in the city starting at 9 a.m. /elb Windy forecast https://www.windy.com/-Rain-thunder-rain?rain,2019-01-20-03,10.704,152.754,5 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator +Dafey 16,328 Posted January 18, 2019 Administrator Share Posted January 18, 2019 Looks like Monday this thing is going to be over Cebu. May not ruin Sinulog but the travel afterwards will be a mess! Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator +Dafey 16,328 Posted January 19, 2019 Administrator Share Posted January 19, 2019 Link to post Share on other sites
Woolf 8,551 Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 Tomorrow afternoon could be very very wet https://www.windy.com/-Rain-thunder-rain?rain,11.308,129.287,7 2 Link to post Share on other sites
BossHog 39,605 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 8 AM Sunday update from Pagasa to be found here: http://bagong.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/tropical-cyclone/severe-weather-bulletin Signal #1 for Leyte, Samar, parts of Bohol and Northern Cebu and elsewhere. So no boats in quite a few places. 45-60 kph winds expected so not a major storm. Expecting landfall here on Siargao in the late afternoon. It is getting gustier by the hour though. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
SkyMan 24,560 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Started moderate raining about 20 minutes ago here in Lilo-an with no appearance of letting up soon. Guess I'm done welding for today. Perhaps I could use this time to clean up the garage so I can weld inside? Hmmmmm 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Soupeod 7,875 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Currently raining in Biliran but no wind yet. Link to post Share on other sites
colemanlee 21,437 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 9 minutes ago, soupeod said: Currently raining in Biliran but no wind yet. Raining pretty good here also Im guessing we will not get much wind till Monday morning, they have already closed all the schools here Link to post Share on other sites
JohnSurrey 544 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 We got the, now regular, warning and text message last night telling us the schools would be closed today for elementary level. When I looked at Windy yesterday we were down for a direct hit at about 8am ... but by lunchtime today nothing had happened... sun came out. I checked Windy again and Amang seemed to have steered off to Samar - so nothing - not even a shower. Link to post Share on other sites
Jawny 4,619 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Private schools not closed today where I live in Leyte. Public closed. Using Windy app is quite unreliable. Cool looking, but otherwise useless. Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator +Dafey 16,328 Posted January 21, 2019 Administrator Share Posted January 21, 2019 I find Windy good for long range planning but the best site for current Tropical info, that I've found is http://typhoon2000.ph/ Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator +Dafey 16,328 Posted January 21, 2019 Administrator Share Posted January 21, 2019 The storm is currently north of Samar but all the models show it turning around and heading south to southwest 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Soupeod 7,875 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 So we could still get wet! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SkyMan 24,560 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Time to update the Title of this thread? Amang was late for the parade. You almost wonder if it will get here at all. Kind of fizzling out. Pagasa doesn't even have the usual tracks and stuff on there. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MickyG 348 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Seems to want to head north Link to post Share on other sites
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