WeatherFanatics: Flood Threat Remains for Philippines From Peipah

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Flood Threat Remains for Philippines From Peipah

By Kristina Pydynowski, Senior Meteorologist

April 6,2014; 9:15PM,EDT

Despite Peipah weakening, the threat for widespread flash flooding still exists across the Philippines.
The strength of Peipah dropped to a tropical depression Sunday night local time (midday Sunday EDT).
However, Peipah could once again become a minimal tropical storm before reaching the Philippines.
Peipah, through the point of landfall, will continue to track immediately north of the track from Super Typhoon Bopha of late 2012. Bopha slammed into the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines.
As mentioned above, a repeat of Bopha's super typhoon status will not occur.

Peipah is likely to reach the Philippine island of Mindanao by midweek with torrential rain.
Worsening the situation is the concern that Peipah will then stall in the vicinity of Mindanao or the Visayas Islands. Flooding is sure to result if this occurs as more torrential rain will be unleashed. Mudslides may ensue in the higher terrain.
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"At this point, it looks as if rainfall at midweek in some location will approach 250 mm (10 inches) with an average of 120 to 250 mm (5 to 10 inches) being the most common amount," stated AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Anthony Sagliani.
Only isolated wind damage problems will unfold.
It is also not out of the question that Peipah stalls or significantly slows its forward progress before reaching the Philippines. That would delay the arrival of the heavy rain and flood threat later in the week.

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