Weather TALK [forecasts, etc]

[Jun aka Pekto]

yes, Pepeng moved westerly as forecasted ... and although its center now appears to be over water on the west, its body is still wrecking havoc on northern luzon

san roque dam is releasing water at 3,156 cu.m/sec ... parts of pangasinan roads are not passable anymore,e.g. in Urdaneta, bus trips are cancelled ... in baguio, landslide occurred somewhere, people are scampering for safety and all roads to the city are closed ... accdg to bombo radyo reports

The onshore flow component of a tropical system is always bad because of the heavy rains and/or storm surges. It's usually worse if the onshore flow is at the southeast quadrant of the storm where the wind flow is from the southwest and has the potential to bring in warmer, moister air from the south. It's the same thing with Ondoy when it flooded Manila. I imagine that's what PAGASA means whenever they say a tropical system is intensifying the Southwest Monsoon.