Source: DOST / Pagasa
MANILA, Philippines —Two low-pressure areas (LPAs) are being monitored off Palawan, but the northeast monsoon (amihan) and shear line will continue to dump rain in the country, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Thursday.
Metro Manila, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Bicol Region, Mimaropa and the entire Visayas are expected to have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to shear line, as per Pagasa’s latest weather advisory.
The amihan will also bring cloudy skies with rains to Cagayan Valley and Cordillera Administrative Region. Ilocos Norte is also set to have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with light showers due to amihan.
On the other hand, the entire Mindanao will have fair weather with partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers and thunderstorms.
Gale warning
Pagasa raised a gale warning due to the effects of amihan, according to Pagasa’s advisory.
The seaboards of the following areas will experience rough to very rough sea conditions with 2.8 to 5.0 meters of waves: Batanes, Cagayan, including Babuyan Islands, the northern coast of Ilocos Norte, Isabela, Aurora, the western coast of Palawan including Calamian, Cuyo And Kalayaan Islands, Northern Quezon, Camarines Norte, the northern coast of Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, eastern shore of Albay, the east coast of Sorsogon, Northern Samar, and Eastern Samar.
Also, the western coast of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, and Zambales is expected to have rough to very rough sea conditions with 2.8 to 4.5 meters of waves.
“Fishing boats and other small seacraft are advised not to venture out into the sea while larger sea vessels are alerted against big waves,” Pagasa said in its advisory.
LPAs in Palawan
Meanwhile, the two low-pressure areas monitored off Palawan are currently not affecting the weather situation in the country, according to Pagasa weather specialist Veronica Torres.
The LPAs are located 305 kilometers northeast of Pagasa Island in Palawan, while the other one is located 415 kilometers northeast of Pagasa Island, in Palawan, outside of the Philippine Area of Responsibility, according to Torres.
Both LPAs are not expected to become a tropical cyclone, Torres said.