Double whammy: Two LPAs to bring widespread rain to PH— Pagasa
MANILA, Philippines — Two low-pressure areas (LPAs) now inside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) are expected to bring rain to most parts of the country, the state meteorologists said on Wednesday.
The two LPAs are located 405 kilometers southwest of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan and 125 kilometers east of Guian, Eastern Samar, said Daniel James Villamil, weather specialist of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
Villamil said the two LPA have a low chance of becoming a tropical cyclone over the next 24-48 hours.
However, the LPA off Samar would bring cloudy skies with scattered to widespread rain showers and thunderstorms to Eastern Visayas, Central Visayas, and Caraga region, according to Pagasa’s 4 p.m. weather update.
Meanwhile, the LPA off Palawan would bring cloudy skies with scattered rain and thunderstorms to Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan), the Bicol Region, and the rest of Visayas and Mindanao, the weather update added.
Amihan
Meanwhile, the northeast monsoon or amihan would bring cloudy skies with rains over Cagayan Valley, Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) and Aurora.
Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon, while still affected by the amihan, would experience fair weather conditions with partly cloudy to cloudy skies only with light rains.
Gale warning
Pagasa also raised a gale warning in some parts of the counter due to the effects of the amihan.
The seaboards of Batanes, Cagayan, including the Babuyan Islands, the northern coast of Ilocos Norte, Isabela, Aurora, and northern Quezon will have rough to very rough sea conditions with waves between 2.8 to 5 meters tall.
Also, the western coast of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, and Zambales, and the western coast of Palawan, Including Calamian, Camarines Norte, the northern coast of Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Albay, Sorsogon, Northern Samar, and Eastern Samar will have a rough to very rough sea condition with waves reaching 2.8 to 4.5 meters tall.
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