Nida has already passed over the Northern Cagayan Valley between
3-4PM local time this afternoon. It also has intensified in strength to near
Typhoon strength while moving along the shores of Aparri. The massive storm
bands will continue to bring heavy to extreme rainfall with moderate to strong
winds across most parts of Northern Luzon tonight through Monday morning, 1
August 2016.
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So how do you track such a storm to know if it will hit your
area or not in the Philippines? I have been using the site www.typhoon2000.ph/ for
most of the time I have been tracking storms in the Philippines. This site is
very useful as it has many links to get information from.
I like the multi track link on the page to get an idea of
several of the leading weather forecaster’s predictions. Once I click on this tab, I can find information
from all the forecast by clicking on their link to go directly to their page.
I usually go to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JWTC)
page. This gives several other links on this site that can be useful. It
provides the written warnings that have been issued and provides updates
throughout the storm.
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| KIDS SENDING HUGS TO ALL! |
It also has a google map overlay that can prove helpful when
tracking the storm. You can click on the link and it will take you to google
earth. On that page, it will provide you with the track of the storm, the
current location of the storm and the predicted path for the storm to take. It
has been a pretty accurate way of tracking the storms when needed. I find
myself using this method a lot as sometimes I cannot understand the local news
forecast besides looking at the pictures they provide on the news. Although I
have my wife Maly as a translator, sometimes it is good to have this
information to back up or confirm how the translation is received.
We are fine for tonight with just some rain and a little
wind. The kids will be off from school tomorrow. They are hunkered down in the house
and enjoying the family time together. They enjoyed pulling their mattress into
the other room to sleep in a “safe” area for the night. We are praying for all
whom are effected with this storm for they safety. May God bless you all and
may you all have a good night.
Kindly check out the video of the Typhoon.com website we
have posted. Hopefully this will give you some advice for tracking storms in
our area and will help you be more prepared. Thank you!
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