MANILA, Philippines—The low pressure area monitored by PAGASA has developed in to a tropical depression and was named “Maring”.
According to the 5:00 p.m. bulletin on Thursday (October 7), the center of tropical depression ‘Maring’ was estimated at 505 km east of Virac, Catanduanes moving south southeastward at 15 km/h.
It has maximum sustained winds of 45 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 55 km/h.
Maring may bring light to moderate with at times heavy rains over Eastern Visayas. Moderate rough seas will prevail over the seaboards of Luzon and the eastern and western seaboards of Visayas and Mindanao in the next 24 hours.
There is a moderate to high likelihood that Tropical Cyclone Wind Signals (TCWS) will be hoisted over several provinces in Northern Luzon by Saturday morning or afternoon. The highest possible wind signal for this tropical cyclone is TCWS #2.
PAGASA said Maring will continue moving generally southeastward slowly in the next 12 hours before turning northward Friday (October 8) afternoon. It will move north northwestward over the Philippine Sea by Saturday morning (October 9), gradually accelerating in the process.
The state weather bureau forecast that Maring will remain a tropical depression while moving over the Philippine Sea and may intensify into tropical storm by Sunday afternoon (October 10). AAC
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