BOPHA is now a Typhoon Category 4
Typhoon BOPHA is now really menacing the Philippines. It had recently been upgraded to a Typhoon of category 4. It is expected to become a Super Typhoon tomorrow, Sunday, December 2. It will hit...
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Tropical Storm BOPHA update 12:00 noon on November 29, 2012
Tropical Storm BOPHA is still moving extremely south (only 4.4° north). GDACS (The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System) has issued an orange alert for Palau at 08:00 AM this morning. If Tropical Storm BOPHA...
Incredible Super-Typhoon “JELAWAT / Lawin”
Super-Typhoon “JELAWAT / Lawin” is now moving Northwest at 13 km/h. It Today it will move east of the Batanes Islands towards Taiwan. The typhoon has developed an incredibly big eye: 24 hours forecast:...
Super-Typhoon “JELAWAT / Lawin” again stronger
Super-Typhoon “JELAWAT / Lawin” got again stronger. Its core pressure went down to 895 hPa. The Super Typhoon is now moving Northwest at 11 km/h and continues to move closer to the Cagayan-Batanes area. 24...
Typhoon “JELAWAT / Lawin” upgraded to SUPER TYPHOON !
Typhoon “JELAWAT / Lawin” has been upgraded to a Super-Typhoon Category 4. “JELAWAT / Lawin” is still slowly moving North at 7 km/h. CAUTION: The Japan Meteorological Agency warns of a very violent typhoon within...
“JELAWAT / Lawin” upgraded to Typhoon Cat.1
Severe Tropical Storm “JELAWAT / Lawin” has again intensified and is now a Typhoon Cat. 1. “JELAWAT / Lawin” has also changed its moving direction to North-West. The typhoon is slowly moving at 7 km/h. 24 hours...
Nasty weather but no particular danger
Tropical storm and soon typhoon Sanba / Karen is heading northwards. It will not make landfall in the Philippines but its outer rain-bands and peripheral winds bring nasty weather to the Visayas and later...
Summer is over! Habagat replaces Amihan
During the last weeks we encountered what local people call the father of all winds. The north-east winds, known as Amihan steadily got weaker. Then the winds came from any direction and now the...
2011 Typhoons in the Philippines
We have finished the 2011 Typhoons page and prepared the 2012 page. Last year 7 typhoons and tropical storms hit the Philippines. Not strong winds but heavy rains killed lots of people and created...
Tropical Storm BANYAN / Ramon – update 12:00 PM 10/12/2011
Tropical Storm BANYAN / Ramon has rapidly accelerated & was relocated farther to the West.It is now in the vicinity of Cebu Island. Wide swath of intense rainbands affect the Southern Philippines. Most of...
More Typhoons? Less Typhoons?
When a new tropical storm or a typhoon is approaching the people in the Philippines start to discuss. The hottest topic is the increase of typhoons in the last years. Is this true? During the last...
Track Hagupit
We are working on our new weather, climate and typhoon pages. They are not yet on-line, but here you already can track the tropical storm HAGUPIT. This kind of tracking will be implemented in...
Escaped from super typhoon Rammasun
Typhoon RAMMASUN has passed by! On May 10 it even had been classified as Super-Typhoon. Remember “Loleng” (Babs) in October 1998. It first had been classified as “Signal 3” and then transformed into a...
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