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The Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) is the area in the Northwestern Pacific that PAGASA, the Philippines' national weather agency, monitors for weather disturbances. The PAR encompasses most of the Philippines as well as parts of Taiwan, Malaysia, Japan, and Palau. PAGASA assigns local names to tropical depressions and cyclones that develop or enter the PAR to help Filipinos respond more effectively to familiar names and underscore the threat to the Philippines.

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Par

The Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) is the area in the Northwestern Pacific that PAGASA, the Philippines' national weather agency, monitors for weather disturbances. The PAR encompasses most of the Philippines as well as parts of Taiwan, Malaysia, Japan, and Palau. PAGASA assigns local names to tropical depressions and cyclones that develop or enter the PAR to help Filipinos respond more effectively to familiar names and underscore the threat to the Philippines.

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Philippine Area of Responsibility

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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 depressions and tropical
cyclones, that enter or develop in the PAR are given Philippine-specific names.
BoundaryEdit

Philippine Area of Responsibility

The area is bounded by six points namely:[1]


 25°N 120°E
 25°N 135°E
 5°N 135°E
 5°N 115°E
 15°N 115°E
 21°N 120°E

This area encompasses almost all of the land territory of the Philippines, except for the
southernmost portions of the province of Tawi-Tawi, and some of the country's claimed islands
in the Spratlys. The area also includes the main island of Palau, most of Taiwan, as well as
portions of the Malaysian state of Sabah and the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa.
FunctionEdit
The establishing decree of PAGASA mandates the weather agency, particularly its National
Weather Office, to monitor weather occurrences occurring within the PAR. This area is defined
by the World Meteorological Organization.[2][3]
Tropical depressions and tropical cyclones (typhoons) are only assigned local names by
PAGASA when they enter or develop within the PAR.[4][5] These names are provided in parallel
with internationally recognized names designated by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The
rationale for providing local names is that it is felt that Filipinos will respond more to familiar
names and that it helps to underscore that these named weather disturbances pose a direct threat
to the country. Furthermore, PAGASA provide names when a low pressure area becomes a
tropical depression, in contrast to international names that are only provided for tropical
cyclones, due to the fact that tropical depressions can still cause flooding and other damage.[6]
When a named weather disturbance within the PAR has made or is expected to make a landfall
in the Philippines, PAGASA is mandated to issue weather bulletins every six hours. If the
weather disturbance is not affecting land, the weather agency has to issue bulletins every 12
hours.[7]

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