Rain to persist over western Luzon amid monsoon, LPA off Batanes – Pagasa

MANILA, Philippines — Overcast skies and rain will continue to prevail over the western portion of Northern and Central Luzon on Thursday due to a low pressure area (LPA) west of Batanes and the southwest monsoon, locally known as “habagat,” the state weather bureau said.

According to Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) weather specialist Grace Castañeda, the LPA was last spotted 185 kilometers west-northwest of Itbayat, Batanes.

“Nanatiling mababa ang tiyansa nito maging bagyo within 24 hours, at nakikita nga natin na palayo na ito sa ating area of responsibility at humina ang epekto nito maging ng southwest monsoon sa malaking bahagi ng Luzon,” said Castañeda.

(The chance of it becoming a typhoon within 24 hours remains low, and we can see that it is moving away from our area of responsibility and its impact diminished, even the southwest monsoon, over large parts of Luzon.)

“Ngunit ngayong araw ay makikita natin na makakaranas pa rin ng kalat-kalat na pagulan, pagkulog at pagkidlat ‘yung mga kababayan natin dito sa kanlurang bahagi ng Northern at Central Luzon,” she added.

(But today we can see that the western part of Northern and Central Luzon will still experience scattered rain, thunder, and lightning.)

Meanwhile, the rest of Luzon will experience generally fair weather, with hot and humid temperatures during the daytime and chances of rain in the afternoon and evening.

The entire Visayas and Mindanao, on the other hand, will see moderately cloudy to cloudy skies with chances of isolated rain and thunder.

Despite the presence of the LPA and the prevailing southwest monsoon, Castañeda said no gale warning was raised on the country’s surrounding coasts. Although she warned that moderate to rough sea conditions may be anticipated over the western seaboards of Luzon.

The state weather service said the temperature range in key cities/areas across the country for Thursday will be the following:

• Metro Manila: 25 to 32 degrees Celsius
• Baguio City: 17 to 25 degrees Celsius
• Laoag City:  24 to 32 degrees Celsius
• Tuguegarao: 25 to 34 degrees Celsius
• Legazpi City: 26 to 33 degrees Celsius
• Puerto Princesa City: 25 to 32 degrees Celsius
• Tagaytay: 23 to 30 degrees Celsius
• Kalayaan Islands: 25 to 32 degrees Celsius
• Iloilo City: 25 to 33 degrees Celsius
• Cebu: 25 to 33 degrees Celsius
• Tacloban City: 25 to 33 degrees Celsius
• Cagayan De Oro City: 24 to 32 degrees Celsius
• Zamboanga City: 24 to 34 degrees Celsius
• Davao City: 25 to 33 degrees Celsius

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