PAGASA Weather Forecast as of August 20, 2013 5:00 AM

Issued At: 5:00 a.m., 20 August 2013

Valid Beginning: 5:00 a.m. today until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow

Synopsis:

Southwest Monsoon affecting Luzon and Visayas. Meanwhile, at 4:00 a.m. today, Tropical Storm "MARING" (TRAMI) was estimated based on all available data at 600 km East of Itbayat, Batanes (20.5°N, 128.4°E) with maximum sustained winds of 95 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 120 kph. It is forecast to move North at 11 kph.

Forecast:

The whole of Luzon and Western Visayas will experience monsoon rains which may trigger flashfloods and landslides. The rest of Visayas will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rainshowers and thunderstorms. Mindanao will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the southwest will prevail throughout the archipelago and the coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

PAGASA issued RED RAINFALL Warning as of August 20 2013 7:30 AM

Red Rainfall Warning Number 17A

Weather System: Southwest Monsoon enhanced by Tropical Storm MARING

Target Areas: Metro Manila

Issued at: 7:30 AM, 20 August 2013 (Tuesday)

Heavy to torrential rains is affecting Metro Manila, Rizal, Laguna, Bulacan, Zambales, Cavite, Bataan, Pampanga and Occidental Mindoro. Meanwhile, moderate to heavy rains is affecting Batangas, Laguna and Quezon and most likely to continue for the next 3hrs.

SEVERE FLOODING is expected.

ALL are advised to take precautionary measure and watch for the next advisory

SOURCE: www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph