By Catherine Teves | Philippine News Agency
MANILA – Rough seas are possible this Friday (Jan. 14) off northern Luzon and east of central and southern Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao, making sailing dangerous.
Northeast monsoon or “amihan” may continue to surge and bring strong winds that can cause rough conditions in the seas, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) weather forecaster Aldczar Aurelio said Thursday.
“We’re monitoring the situation as amihan may either ease or continue surging,” he said.
Episodes of surging “amihan” are possible before the weather system ends around March, he added.
On Thursday (Jan. 13), PAGASA warned about moderate to rough seas and waves up to four meters high off western, northern, and eastern seaboards of northern Luzon, and the eastern seaboard of Central Luzon due to 36 kilometers per hour (kph) to 59 kph winds associated with the surging “amihan”.
Moderate to very rough conditions are possible in seas east of southern Luzon from 41 kph to 63 kph “amihan” winds, PAGASA said.
The weather bureau said 45 kph to 63 kph “amihan”winds may fan rough to very rough sea conditions off eastern seaboards of the Visayas and Mindanao.
Waves as high as 4.5 meters are possible in seas east of southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao seas, it said.
PAGASA alerted larger vessels against big waves.
“Fishing boats and other small seacrafts are advised not to venture out into the sea,” it added. (PNA) – bny
