LPA continues to threaten PH

A low pressure area (LPA), which is still outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR), continues to approach the country from the Pacific Ocean.

According to Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) forecaster Meno Mendoza, the LPA remains outside the country’s area of responsibility and was estimated at 1,875 kilometers east of Mindanao early Sunday.

Mendoza said the LPA is expected to enter PAR by Monday or Tuesday, and will intensify into a tropical depression within the next few days. It will be called “Caloy” once it becomes a cyclone inside the country.

PAGASA earlier said the weather disturbance was not expected to make landfall over any part of the country.

Meanwhile, the northeast monsoon or amihan continues to prevail over Luzon, so with the tail-end of cold front in the eastern section of Eastern Visayas.

PAGASA said the tail-end of cold front will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms over Eastern and Central Visayas, Northern Mindanao, and Caraga Region.

It advised residents of possible flash floods or landslides due to light to moderate with at times heavy rains.

The amihan is expected to bring cloudy skies with scattered rains over Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, Bicol Region, and the provinces of Aurora and Quezon, while partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains will prevail across Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon.

PAGASA said the rest of the country will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers due to localized thunderstorms.

Due to amihan, a gale warning remains hoisted over the northern seaboard of Northern Luzon, seaboards of Southern Luzon, and eastern coastline of Visayas and Mindanao.