LPA east of Mindanao may enter PAR this Friday — Pagasa

MANILA, Philippines — The low pressure area (LPA) east of Mindanao may enter the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) this Friday as the trough or extension of typhoon Pepito continues to bring rains in the western section of Luzon landmass, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said.

The LPA, which Pagasa said could intensify into a tropical depression, was last spotted 1,145 kilometers east of Mindanao.

“Inaasahang posibleng pumasok ito ng PAR ngayong araw din po kaya mag-antabay po tayo sa mga updates ng Pagasa. Itong LPA na ito ay may posibilidad itong magprogress into tropical depression,” Pagasa weather specialist Loriedin dela Cruz said in a weather forecast at 4 a.m.

(We expect that this LPA will enter PAR today so we should monitor updates from Pagasa. This LPA may progress into a tropical depression.)

Meanwhile, typhoon Pepito that earlier exited PAR was last spotted 520 kilometers west of northern Luzon. It has maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers near the center and gustiness of up to 170 kph, and is slowly moving north-northwest.

Pagasa said that while Pepito is already outside PAR, its trough is forecast to bring cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms in Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Pangasinan, Zambales, Bataan, Occidental Mindoro, and Palawan.

Localized thunderstorms, on the other hand, will bring partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers in Metro Manila and the rest of the country.

Forecast temperature range in key cities/areas:

Metro Manila: 26 to 32 degrees Celsius
Baguio City: 16 to 22 degrees Celsius
Laoag City:  25 to 33 degrees Celsius
Tuguegarao: 25 to 33 degrees Celsius
Legazpi City: 26 to 32 degrees Celsius
Puerto Princesa City: 24 to 31 degrees Celsius
Kalayaan Islands: 25 to 31 degrees Celsius
Iloilo City: 26 to 33 degrees Celsius
Cebu: 26 to 32 degrees Celsius
Tacloban City: 25 to 32 degrees Celsius
Cagayan De Oro City: 23 to 32 degrees Celsius
Zamboanga City: 24 to 34 degrees Celsius
Davao City: 26 to 33 degrees Celsius

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