ISSUED AT :  5:00 PM 13 AUGUST 2012     
 
VALID BEGINNING :  5:00 PM TODAY UNTIL 5:00 PM TOMORROW 
   
SYNOPSIS:  AT 4:00 PM TODAY,  TROPICAL STORM “HELEN” WAS ESTIMATED BASED ON SATELLITE AND SURFACE DATA
AT 430 KM EAST OF CASIGURAN, AURORA (16.5°N 126.8°E) WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 65 KPH NEAR THE
CENTER AND GUSTINESS  OF UP TO 80 KPH. IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST NORTHWEST AT 13 KPH.

FORECAST: EXTREME NORTHERN LUZON, ISABELA, AURORA AND QUIRINO  WILL HAVE RAINS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND THE COASTAL
WATERS ALONG THESE AREAS WILL BE ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH. THE REST OF LUZON  AND WESTERN VISAYAS WILL EXPERIENCE
CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY TRIGGER FLASHFLOODS AND
LANDSLIDES. THE REST OF VISAYAS AND MINDANAO WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST WILL PREVAIL OVER THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY AND ITS COASTAL WATERS WILL BE MODERATE TO ROUGH.