To: 09163047000 Type: Auto bId: rId: ID: 15878 [WEATHER UPDATE] Issued at 4:00 PM, 23 August 2022 SYNOPSIS: At 3:00 PM today, the center of Severe Tropical Storm "FLORITA" {MA-ON} was estimated based on all available data in the vicinity of Lasam, Cagayan (18.1°N, 121.5°E) with maximum sustained winds of 100 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 165 km/h. It is moving Northwestward at 20 km/h. Forecast Weather Condition Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, and Aurora: Stormy, STS FLORITA, Possible flash floods or landslides due to heavy to torrential rains. Moderate to heavy damage to structures and vegetation possible due to damaging to destructive storm-force winds winds Batanes, La Union, Tarlac, and Nueva Ecija: Rains with Gusty winds, STS FLORITA Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains. Very light to light damage to structures and vegetation possible due to moderate to strong winds, Metro Manila, and the rest of Central Luzon: Cloudy skies with scattered to widespread rains and thunderstorm STS Florita / Southwest Monsoon, Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, and Camarines Norte: Cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorm, Southwest Monsoon, Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains The rest of the country: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms, Southwest Monsoon / Localized Thunderstorms Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms, -SENT via HANDA