Typhoon Juaning Update as of 5:00 PM July 27, 2011

Typhoon Juaning Update: As of 5:00 PM, July 27 2011, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) released the tenth severe weather bulletin regarding the status of tropical cyclone Juaning (international name: Nock Ten). According to PAGASA, tropical storm "JUANING" has slightly weakened as it interacted with the rugged terrain of Northern Luzon after it made landfall. (View previous weather update 11:00 AM - 7/27/11, 5:00 AM - 7/27/11)

The location of the center is now located at 60 km Northeast of Baguio City (as of 4:00 PM). Juaning has maximum winds of 85 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 100 kph. The typhoon is moving northwest at 17 kph. (Suspension of classes for tomorrow July 28, 2011 at different levels is not yet announced by government agencies)

As predicted by PAG-ASA, Juaning will be crossing the Northern Luzon area by Wednesday night, will be at 240 km West Northwest of Loaog City on Thursday afternoon (July 28, 2011) and 520 km west of Basco Batanes by Friday morning (July 29, 2011).

Satellite Image as of 5:00 PM July 27, 2011

Signal No. 2 was raised to the following areas in Luzon as of 5:00 PM (7/27/11)
Ilocos Norte
Abra
Kalinga
Isabela
Ilocos Sur
Mt. Province
Ifugao
La Union
Benguet
Nueva Viscaya
Quirino

Signal No. 1
Aurora
Apayao
Cagayan
Pangasinan
Nueva Ecija
Northern Quezon
Zambales
Pampanga
Tarlac
Bulacan
Bataan
Rizal
Metro Manila