Typhoon Bising: Weather Bulletin for Region 8
The weather bulletins below, sourced from PAGASA, are key points on Typhoon Bising for residents of Eastern Visayas.
Issued at 05:00 am, 18 April 2021
- Today, the rain bands of Typhoon “BISING” will bring moderate to heavy with at times intense rains over Eastern Visayas.
- Tomorrow (19 April), moderate to heavy with at times intense rains will be experienced over Northern Samar, Samar, and Eastern Samar.
- Under these conditions, flooding (including flashfloods) and rain-induced landslides are likely to occur especially in areas identified in hazard maps as highly or very highly susceptible to these hazards.
- The typhoon is forecast to maintain its strength today before gradually weakening throughout the remainder of the forecast period.
- Location of Eye/center: At 4:00 AM today, the center of the eye of Typhoon “BISING” was located based on all available data at 400 km East of Catarman, Northern Samar or 470 km East of Juban, Sorsogon.
- Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 2 in the following areas: Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, and Samar.
- Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 in the following areas: Biliran, Leyte, and Southern Leyte.
For more information on this update, refer to PAGASA’s Severe Weather Bulletin # 7 for Typhoon Bising.
Issued at 05:00 pm, 17 April 2021
- Tomorrow (18 April), the rainbands of Typhoon “BISING” will bring moderate to heavy with at times intense rains over Eastern Visayas.
- By Monday (19 April), moderate to heavy with at times intense rains over Northern Samar.
- Under these conditions, flooding (including flashfloods) and rain-induced landslides may occur especially in areas identified in hazard maps as highly or very highly susceptible to these hazards.
- Tropical cyclone winds of at least strong breeze to near gale in strength extend outward up to 400 km from the center of the typhoon. Gale-force winds extend outward up to 300 km from the center of the typhoon. Destructive typhoon-force winds extend outward up to 90 km from the center of the typhoon.
- In the next 24 hours, rough to high seas (3.0 to 10.0 m) will be experienced over the eastern seaboards of Luzon and areas where TCWS is in effect while rough to very rough seas (2.8 to 4.5 m) over the remaining seaboards of Northern Luzon and the eastern seaboards of Mindanao (that are not under TCWS). Sea travel is risky for all types of seacrafts over these waters, especially those under TCWS.
- Location of Eye/center: At 4:00 PM today, the center of the eye of Typhoon “BISING” was located based on all available data at 460 km East of Guiuan, Eastern Samar.
- Movement: Moving West Northwestward at 25 km/h.
- Strength: Maximum sustained winds of 195 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 240 km/h.
- Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 2 in the following areas: Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, and Samar.
- Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 in the following areas: Biliran, Leyte, and Southern Leyte.
For more information on this update, refer to PAGASA’s Severe Weather Bulletin # 5 for Typhoon Bising.
Issued at 11:00 am, 17 April 2021
- Tomorrow (18 April), the rainbands of Typhoon “BISING” will bring moderate to heavy with at times intense rains over Eastern Visayas.
- By Monday (19 April), moderate to heavy with at times intense rains over Northern Samar.
- Under these conditions, flooding (including flashfloods) and rain-induced landslides may occur especially in areas identified in hazard maps as highly or very highly susceptible to these hazards.
- Location of Eye/center: At 10:00 AM today, the center of the eye of Typhoon “BISING” was located based on all available data at 645 km East of Maasin City, Southern leyte or 545 km East of Guiuan, Eastern Samar (10.8 °N, 130.7 °E ).
- Movement: Moving Northwestward at 20 km/h.
- Strength: Maximum sustained winds of 185 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 230 km/h.
- Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 in the following areas: Northern Samar, Samar, Eastern Samar, Biliran, Leyte, and Southern Leyte.
For more information on this update, refer to PAGASA’s Severe Weather Bulletin # 4 for Typhoon Bising.
