‘Quiel’ slows down; LPA seen east of Visayas

MANILA, Philippines – “Quiel” (international name: Nalgae) has weakened as it moves west over the West Philippine Sea, according to the latest weather bulletin of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).

As of 4 a.m. Sunday, Quiel was spotted 200 kilometers west of Baguio city with weaker maximum winds of 130 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 160 kilometers per hour, Pagasa said.

Quiel has slowed down to 20 kilometers per hour moving westward and is expected to leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR ) Sunday
afternoon.

The diameter of Quiel stayed at 500 kilometers and was estimated to bring 15-25 millimeters of rainfall.

Public Storm Warning Signal no. 1 remained over Ilocos Norte, Ilocos
Sur, La Union, Benguet, Zambales, Pangasinan.

Meanwhile, all signals in other regions have been lowered.

The southwest monsoon was expected to cause scattered to widespread rains over the western section of Southern Luzon.

Pagasa was monitoring another low pressure area over the Pacific
ocean, 700 kilometers east of Visayas.

Only four dams remained open as of 6 a.m.: Ambuklao, Binga, San Roque and Magat.

San Roque dam, in Pangasinan, was 4.63 meters above its spilling level of 280 meters and has two gates open at half a meter each.

Ambuklao dam was 2.51 meters below its spilling level of 752 meters and has six gates opening a total of five meters.

Binga dam was 2.22 meters below its spilling level of 575 meters and has five gates opening a total of seven meters.
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