Pagasa: Rain showers in Visayas, Mindanao, parts of S. Luzon due to LPA

MANILA, Philippines — The low pressure area (LPA) east of Mindanao will bring rain to the Visayas, Mindanao and parts of Southern Luzon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) reported Monday.Cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the LPA are expected in the Bicol region, Marinduque, Romblon, Visayas, Caraga region, Northern Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula, and Davao region.

The LPA was spotted at 135 kilometers east northeast of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur at 3 a.m., said Pagasa.

The state weather agency added that the LPA is not likely to become a tropical cyclone.

“Kasalukuyan, mababa ang tsansa na maging bagyo… Itong low pressure area ay magtatagal maaari pong tatlong araw sa loob ng Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) bago ito lumabas sa ating PAR,” Pagasa weather specialist Aldzcar Aurelio said.

(Currently, the LPA has a low chance of becoming a tropical cyclone… This low pressure area may stay inside PAR for three days before leaving PAR.)

The rest of the country, including Metro Manila, will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with possible isolated rain showers or thunderstorms caused by the easterlies and localized thunderstorms.

Meanwhile, the country’s coastal waters will be in slight to moderate condition with 0.6 to 2.5 – meter waves.

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