Tropical Storm Amang 2015: PAGASA Weather Forecast For January 15

Tropical Storm Amang "has maintained its strength as it continues to move over the Philippine Sea," the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said in its 11am bulletin on Thursday, January 15, 2015.

Tropical Storm Amang Track Forecast

According to the state weather bureau, the center of Tropical Storm Amang was located at 905 km East of Guiuan, Eastern Samar at 10am. Packing maximum sustained winds of 65 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 80 kph, the cyclone is forecast to move West Northwest at 19 kph, it said.

If it will maintain its speed and course, Tropical Storm Amang is expected to be at these locations in the following days:

Friday morning - 615 km East of Catarman, Northern Samar
Saturday morning - 230 km East of Virac, Catanduanes
Sunday morning - 180 km East of Casiguran, Aurora

As of this posting, PAGASA has not raised any public storm warning signals.

Below are more advisories from PAGASA:

---Estimated rainfall amount is from 7.5 – 20 mm per hour (heavy - intense) within the 300 km diameter of the Tropical Storm.

---Residents over flood & landslide prone areas in Samar & Leyte provinces experiencing rains for the past few days are advised to be alert for possible occurrence of flashfloods & landslides.

---Fisherfolks and those with small seacrafts are advised not to venture out over the seaboards of Northern and Central Luzon and the Eastern seaboard of Southern Luzon and of Visayas.

---The public and the disaster risk reduction and management council concerned are advised to take appropriate actions.

24-Hour Weather Forecast: Caraga and Eastern Visayas will experience cloudy skies with light to moderate rains with possible occurrence of thunderstorms. Cagayan Valley and Cordillera will have cloudy skies with light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will be partly cloudy to at times cloudy with isolated light rains. The rest of Visayas and Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rains with possible occurrence of thunderstorms.
Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Northeast will prevail over Luzon and Visayas and from the Northeast to North over Mindanao with moderate to rough seas.

OVER METRO MANILA:
Maximum Temperature: 1:00 PM Yesterday --- 28.7°C
Minimum Temperature: 6:10 AM Yesterday --- 20.8°C
Maximum Relative Humidity: 6:00 AM Yesterday --- 97 %
Minimum Relative Humidity: 1:00 PM Yesterday --- 65 %
Low Tide Today: 9:36 AM ..... 0.19 Meter
High Tide Today: 5:51 PM ..... 0.75 Meter
Low Tide Tomorrow: 2:35 AM ..... 0.14 Meter
Sunrise Today: 6:25 AM
Sunset Today: 5:46 PM
Moonset Today: 12:58 PM
Moonrise Tomorrow: 1:56 AM
Illumination Tomorrow: 28 %