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The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) monitors approximately 20 tropical cyclones that enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) each year from June to November. Tropical cyclones, or typhoons, form over warm oceans and can cause significant destruction upon landfall, necessitating public awareness and preparedness. PAGASA employs a Public Storm Warning Signal system to communicate the intensity of storms and emphasizes the importance of understanding these phenomena to mitigate their impact.

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Tracking Tropical Cyclones Notes With Activity

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) monitors approximately 20 tropical cyclones that enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) each year from June to November. Tropical cyclones, or typhoons, form over warm oceans and can cause significant destruction upon landfall, necessitating public awareness and preparedness. PAGASA employs a Public Storm Warning Signal system to communicate the intensity of storms and emphasizes the importance of understanding these phenomena to mitigate their impact.

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Tracking Tropical Cyclones

According to the Philippine Atmospheric,


Geophysical, and Astronomical Services
Administration (PAGASA), about 20 tropical cyclones
enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) each
year within the months of June to November. We have to
be knowledgeable about tropical cyclones if we want to
prevent the loss of more lives. PAGASA is responsible
for monitoring tropical cyclone
occurrences within the PAR. The latitude and longitude
coordinate points of PAR are the following: 25°N, 120°E;
25°N, 135°E; 5°N, 135°E; 5°N, 115°E; 15°N, 115°E; and
21°N, 120°E.

Satellite and radar are used for tracking tropical


cyclones. When weather reports announce that the storm
has just entered the PAR, it means that it is still at sea
and has not yet fallen over land. For this reason, it may
still look sunny and fair throughout the day even though
the country anticipates the upcoming storm. The actual
landfall of a storm depends on how fast it moves.

The Philippine archipelago is strategically located within


the typhoon belt of the Pacific and lying within the
proximity of Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
where trade winds converge, and storms commonly form
within the western Pacific. Other countries that lie within
the ITCZ are also prone to typhoons. PAGASA uses a
Public Storm Warning Signal (PSWS) with four
warning levels to describe the intensity of a storm.

Tropical cyclone, also called typhoon, is an intense


circular storm that originates over warm tropical oceans
and is described by low atmospheric pressure, high
winds, and heavy rain. Drawing energy from the sea
surface and maintaining its strength as long as it remains
over warm water. When a weather disturbance enters the
Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the bureau
begins to monitor it using the lines of latitude and
longitude of Philippine Area of Responsibility.

Tropical cyclones can only form over oceans of the world


except in the South Atlantic Ocean and the southeastern
Pacific where a tropical cyclone could never be formed
due to the cooler sea surface temperature and higher
vertical wind shears. They develop at latitudes usually
greater than 5° from the equator. They reach their
greatest intensity while located over warm tropical water.
As soon as they move inland, they begin to weaken, but
often not before they have caused great destruction.

The Philippines is prone to tropical cyclones due to its


geographical location which generally produce heavy
rains and flooding of large areas and also strong winds
which result in heavy casualties to human life and
destructions to crops and properties. Storm surge, the
increased sea surface elevation resulting from a tropical
cyclone moving toward the coast may also occur. Thus, it
is of utmost importance to have sufficient knowledge on
such maritime phenomena for beneficial purposes.

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