Potential cyclone enters Philippine territory

January 2, 2013 – MANILA, Philippines — A potential cyclone entered the Philippine territory on Wednesday, bringing in rains in parts of the country, the weather bureau said. Arvin Bordon of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the low pressure area was last seen 790 kilometers east of Mindanao as of 8 a.m. The LPA was embedded along the inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCZ) affecting Mindanao which will enhance the winds of the storm. In a special weather forecast, Pagasa said Davao and Compostela Valley will be cloudy with moderate rains Wednesday, and moderate to heavy rains Thursday. Northeast monsoon is affecting Northern Luzon. Cagayan Valley and the provinces of Aurora and Quezon will experience cloudy skies with light rains. Leyte provinces and Mindanao will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rain showers or thunderstorms. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy with brief rain showers or thunderstorms, Pagasa said. Moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast will prevail over Luzon and Eastern Visayas and the coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast to north with slight to moderate seas. –Inquirer

Tropical Cyclone to hit New Caledonia: Tropical cyclone Freda is forecast to strike New Caledonia as a tropical storm at about 06:00 GMT on 2 January.Data supplied by the US Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Centersuggest that the point of landfall will be near20.6 S,163.2 E.Freda is expected to bring 1-minute maximum sustained winds to the region of around 74 km/h (46 mph).Wind gusts in the area may be considerably higher. This alert is provided by TropicalStorm Risk (TSR) which is sponsored by Aon Benfield, Crawford & Company and University College London (UCL). -Alert.net

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