Hurricane Greg Weather Update

Hurricane Greg strengthens a little in the Pacific on Thursday as the center passed south of the Socorro Islands off Mexico’s west coast.

According to a report released by the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami, Hurricane Greg had a maximum sustained winds near 75 mph which qualifies it under category 1. It’s expected to increase its speed to 85 mph on Thursday.

No coastal watches or warnings were in effect.

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PAGASA Weather Forecast Today, August 4

Here is the weather bulletin for today as posted on PAGASA’s official website:

SYNOPSIS: AT 4:00 AM TODAY, THE EYE OF TYPHOON ”KABAYAN” WAS LOCATED BASED ON SATELLITE AND SURFACE DATA AT 860 KM EAST NORTHEAST OF BASCO, BATANES (24.7°N, 130.3°E) WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 165 KPH NEAR THE CENTER AND GUSTINESS OF UP TO 200 KPH. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST
NORTHWEST AT 13 KPH.

FORECAST: THE WESTERN SECTION OF SOUTHERN LUZON WILL EXPERIENCE MONSOON RAINS WHICH MAY TRIGGER FLASHFLOODS AND LANDSLIDES WHILE VISAYAS AND THE REST OF SOUTHERN LUZON WILL HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE REST OF THE COUNTRY WILL BE
PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED RAINSHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS.

MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING FROM THE NORTHWEST TO WEST WILL PREVAIL OVER NORTHERN LUZON AND COMING FROM THE SOUTHWEST OVER THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGHOUT THE ARCHIPELAGO WILL BE MODERATE TO ROUGH.

In Metro Manila, the sun finally came out after a couple of days of heavy rains.

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Weather apps top of app heap in U.S.

Weather apps are the top apps for Americans with smartphones, according to a new study.

Social networking programs, like mobile Facebook and Twitter, were a close second, and map apps, third, according to comScore, which says its rankings are for the three months ending in May.

With "more than 76.8 million" Americans having smartphones — "up 57 percent from the previous year"— weather apps reached the largest audience: 31 million smartphone owners, comScore said, or "40.4 percent of the total U.S. smartphone audience."

After third-place maps, news and Internet search apps were next in popularity, with 14.9 million American saying they have news apps on their smartphones, and 17.7 million having search apps.

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