Bagyong Ambo 2012 Updates

> Bagyong Ambo has intensified further as it continues to move north northwestward, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) reported on Saturday, June 2, 2012.


The weather bureau said that as of 11:00 a.m. today, the center of Bagyong Ambo was spotted 200 kilometers East Northeast of Casiguran, Aurora with maximum sustained winds of 85 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 100 kph. It is forecast to move North Northwest at 13 kph.

Public Storm Warning Signal

Signal No. 1 (45-60 kph winds):

• Aurora
• Isabela
• Cagayan
• Babuyan Island
• Batanes Group of Islands

Public Storm Warning Signals elsewhere have been lowered.

PAGASA alerted residents living in low lying and mountainous areas under signal # 1 against possible flashfloods and landslides.

Estimated rainfall amount is from 15-25 mm per hour (heavy) within the 500 km diameter of the Tropical Storm, the weather bureau stated.

TS Ambo, the agency said, is expected to enhance the Southwest Monsoon that will bring rains over Central and Southern Luzon and Visayas.

Fishing boats and other small seacrafts are advised not to venture out into the seaboards of Southern Luzon and Visayas and the eastern seaboard of Northern and Central Luzon due to the combined effect of Tropical Storm "Ambo" and the Southwest Monsoon, PAGASA added.

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