SYNOPSIS: At 2:00 a.m. today, Tropical Storm "COSME" was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 395 kms west of Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro (13.6ºN 117.5ºE) with maximum winds of 65 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 80 kph. It is forecast to move north at 7 kph. Tropical Storm "DINDO" was estimated at 680 kms east northeast of Basco, Batanes (22.5ºN 128.5ºE) with maximum winds of 65 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 80 kph. Forecast to move northeast at 30 kph.
FORECAST: Northern Palawan and Occidental Mindoro including Lubang Island will experience rains and gusty winds and the coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Rest of Luzon and Western Visayas will experience cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming widespread rains over the western and eastern sections of Northern and Central Luzon which may trigger flashfloods and landslides. The rest of the country will have mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Northeast will prevail over Northern Luzon and coming from the Southwest over Southern Luzon and Visayas with moderate to rough seas. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate blowing from the Southwest and South with slight to moderate seas except during thunderstorms.