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The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Filipino: Pangasiwaan ng Pilipinas sa Serbisyong Atmosperiko, Heopisiko at Astronomiko, [4] abbreviated as PAGASA, which means "hope" as in the Tagalog word pag-asa) is the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) agency of the Philippines mandated to provide protection against natural calamities ...
The average year-round temperature measured from all the weather stations in the Philippines, except Baguio, is 26.6 °C (79.9 °F). Cooler days are usually felt in the month of January with temperature averaging at 25.5 °C (77.9 °F) and the warmest days, in the month of May with a mean of 28.3 °C (82.9 °F). [ 1 ]
The two biggest islands of the Mediterranean: Sicily (right) and Sardinia (top left), which are both part of Italy. The following is a list of islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The two main island countries in the region are Malta and Cyprus, while other countries with islands in the Mediterranean Sea include Croatia, Italy, France, Greece ...
On May 22, Typhoon Ewiniar formed southeast of Palau, traversing the Philippines before strengthening as a potent Category-2 typhoon over Lamon Bay. Cyclone Remal formed in the Bay of Bengal on May 24. In the latter part of May, Tropical Storm Maliksi formed in the South China Sea and made landfall in Guangdong Province as a weak tropical storm.
The Philippine Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean east of the Philippine Archipelago (hence the name) and the largest sea in the world, occupying an estimated surface area of 5 million square kilometers (2 × 10 ^ 6 sq mi). [1] The Philippine Sea Plate forms the floor of the sea. [2]
After executing a south-southeastward turn over the Philippine Sea, Saola weakened to a Category-2 typhoon. However, on August 29, Saola regained strength and explosively intensified further into a Category-5 super typhoon. Saola crossed through the Babuyan Islands before it left the Philippine Area of Responsibility a few hours later.
The Philippines is broken up into many islands by the sea. This gives it the fifth longest coastline of 36,289 kilometers (22,549 mi) in the world. [14] [15] The Exclusive economic zone of the Philippines covers 2,263,816 km 2 (874,064 sq mi), 200 nautical miles (370 km) from its shores. [16]
The Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) is an area in the Northwestern Pacific where PAGASA, the Philippines' national meteorological agency, monitors weather occurrences. Significant weather disturbances, specifically tropical cyclones that enter or develop in the PAR, are given Philippine-specific names.