00:00From her origins, first as a low-pressure area to a tropical depression, then turning to a tropical storm,
00:06and finally a full-fledged hurricane or typhoon, packing 55 miles per hour winds,
00:12tropical cyclone Crissing is heading right smack into the country.
00:15With a velocity of 30 kph and expected to make landfall tomorrow night with even stronger winds,
00:22Arad Lagusa gets us up to speed with this typhoon that'll touch off more precipitation
00:26from a triggered southwesterly monsoon winds, or habagat, and widespread flooding in its wake over the weekend.
00:35Tropical depression Crissing has maintained its strength while remaining over the waters east of Aurora province.
00:41Pag-Asa is monitoring a possible landfall scenario in mainland Cagayan tomorrow night.
00:45After this, it is expected to move westward and pass through the northern portion of northern Luzon
00:50before exiting the Philippine Area of Responsibility, or PAR, by Saturday afternoon.
00:55Based on Pag-Asa's 5 p.m. weather bulletin, tropical depression Crissing was last located 545 kilometers east of Baler, Aurora.
01:03It has maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 70 kilometers per hour,
01:09moving west-northwest at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour.
01:13Tropical cyclone wind signal number one has now been raised in the following provinces.
01:17Potanes, Cagayan including Babuyan Islands, Isabela, Quirino, northern portion of Nueva Vizcaya,
01:24northern portion of Aurora, Abra, Apayaw, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, northern portion of Binguet,
01:32Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, northern portion of La Union, Polillo Islands, Camarines Norte, northern portion of Camarines Sur, Catanduanes.
01:41Posible ring magtaas pa yung mga wind signal sa mga susunod na tropical cyclone bulletin,
01:47at ang tinatehan nating pinakamataas ay posibleng umabot po ng signal number three,
01:51lalong-lalong sa mga lalawigan dito sa may bandang northern Luzon area.
01:55According to Pag-Asa, the tropical depression is expected to intensify into a tropical storm tonight or early tomorrow morning.
02:02It will continue to strengthen and could reach severe tropical storm category by Saturday morning or afternoon.
02:07From there, Pag-Asa does not rule out the possibility that it may intensify further while still over the Philippine Sea
02:13and could become a severe tropical storm even before making a landfall.
02:17Due to the tropical cyclone, it is enhancing the southwest monsoon or Habagat, which will bring rains to various parts of the country.
02:23Cagayan, Isabela, and Catanduanes are expected to receive more than 200 millimeters of rainfall from today until tomorrow afternoon.
02:30Rainfall between 100 to 200 millimeters is also expected in Napayaw, Kalinga, Quirino, Aurora, Quezon, Camarines Norte, and Camarines Sur.
02:38Meanwhile, between 50 to 100 millimeters of rainfall is possible in Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Abra, Mountain Province, Ipugaw, Albay, Sorsogon, Masbate, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Samar, and Biliran.
02:52Ang tabayanin din po ng mga kababayan natin yung mga ganitong localized warning, no, dahil hindi po tayo sakop ng tropical cyclone bulletin, malayo po tayo sa bagyo,
03:02subalit sakop naman tayo ng epekto ng Habagat.
03:05Kaya in the absence of any warning signal, dito sa mga lugar na napakalayo sa bagyo, meron po tayong localized rainfall advisory na ito.
03:13The next tropical cyclone bulletin will be issued by Pag-Asa at 11 p.m. tonight.
03:17Rod Lagusad from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.
