July 13,2014; 9:20PM,EDT
In the western Pacific, Tropical Storm Rammasun is on track to threaten the Philippines Tuesday and Wednesday.
Rammasun strengthened back to a tropical storm early on Sunday morning local time after briefly weakening to a tropical depression.
What was Tropical Depression 09W first became a tropical storm on Friday afternoon; however, after bringing very little wind to Guam as it tracked near the island, the intensity was downgraded back to a tropical depression. Guam received 25 to 50 mm (1 to 2 inches) of rain on Friday from Rammasun which was the wettest day since May 25.
Rammasun has maintained tropical storm intensity over the past two days while tracking to the west across the Philippine Sea.
While Rammasun may gain some strength as it heads westward early this week, AccuWeather.com meteorologists feel that the storm will likely not become a typhoon before reaching the Philippines.
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That does not mean that residents across the Philippines should let their guard down as flooding rain is still a significant threat.
Impacts from Rammasun are expected to begin in the eastern Philippines as early as Monday night, local time, as outer bands of rain begin to move onshore. Heavier rain and the greatest threat for flooding will not arrive until Tuesday, continuing through Tuesday night before winding down on Wednesday.
The greatest impacts are expected across the northern Philippine islands of Luzon and Mindoro.
When crossing the Philippines, Rammasun is expected to weaken due to the interaction with land and could even be a tropical depression as it emerges into the South China Sea. It will then move across the South China Sea and will begin to make a gradual turn to the northwest, towards the southern coast of China late in the week.
Late in the week Rammasun will then bring rain and some wind to southern China with the greatest impacts likely in Hainan and western Guangdong provinces.
Continue to check back with the AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center for the latest on Rammasun and its effects in the Philippines and, eventually, into China.
Story by AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Adam Douty
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