TYPHOON AMBO (VONGFONG)

RAINFALL

ABAINZA, JAN XAVIER M.

ADOLFO, TRESHIA R.

BARONA, MA. ALMA B.

GUACHIN NICA ANNELI O.

Typhoon 2020001 (AMBO) or (VONGFONG) OVERVIEW

Birth 40 (nm) / 70 (km) Wind Flux

2020-05-12 12:00:00 Largest Diameter of 9.3500E+02
UTC Storm Wind Accumulated
Death (Latest) 80 (nm) / 150 (km) Cyclone Energy
2020-05-16 18:00:00 Largest Radius of 5.6425E+04
UTC Gale Wind Power Dissipation
Lifetime 150 (nm) / 280 (km) Index
102 (hours) / 4.250 Largest Diameter of 3.6804E+06
(days) Gale Wind Maximum Pressure
Lifetime [JMA] 270 (nm) / 500 (km) Drop
102 (hours) / 4.250 Length of Movement -15 hPa / 06 hours
(days) 1774 (km) -25 hPa / 12 hours
Minimum Pressure Average Speed -33 hPa / 24 hours
965 (hPa) 17.4 (km/h) | 417 -22 hPa / 48 hours
Maximum Wind (km/d)
85 (knots) Range of Movement
Largest Radius of Latitude 8.6 :
Storm Wind Longitude 9.3

TYPHOON AMBO (VONGFONG)

RAINFALL

The first typhoon that strikes the

Philippines this year 2020 is the typhoon
Ambo also known as “typhoon Vongfong”
that occurred last May 13-16, 2020 which has
its maximum sustained winds of 150 kmph.
Typhoon Ambo brought strong winds,
gustiness, and heavy rainfall in some part of
the Philippines.

Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAG-

ASA) issued heavy to intense rainfall which the color red in the Rainfall Warning Icons in the PAG-
ASA Bulletin. During May 14, 2020, Heavy to intense rains over Samar Provinces, Masbate, and
Sorsogon; while moderate to at times heavy rains in parts of Albay, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes and
the rest of Eastern Visayas. On May 15, 2020, Rainfall is moderate to heavy with at times intense
over Bicol Region, Northern Samar, Quezon, Aurora, Marinduque, Laguna, Rizal, Metro Manila,
Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino.

The PAG-ASA issued heavy rainfall

warnings across regions of Luzon which
includes a red warning in Metro Manila during
the night of May 15, 2020 wherein there is a
total of 93mm (3.66 inches) of rain fell in
Metro Manila. While on May 16, 2020, there
is a record of 284mm (11.18 inches) of rain
fell in some parts of the eastern coast of
Luzon; 152mm (5.93 inches) also rain fell in
Infanta. While in the Bicol region there is an
estimate of 101-200 mm amount of rainfall
and due to that landslides and flooding has
occurred greatly

Due to the heavy rainfall that is

brought by the Typhoon Ambo, it causes
floods in some areas of the Philippines
especially to those places with low lying areas
and near the coast. It also causes lahar and
sediments to flow along the slope of Mayon
Vocano in Albay Province, Bicol Region.