Pagasa weather update. GRAPHICS BY INQUIRER
MANILA, Philippines — The cloud cluster in the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) developed into a low-pressure area (LPA) on Monday, according to the state weather bureau.
“At 8:00 AM today (15 July 2024), the cloud cluster east of Mindanao has developed into an LPA and was estimated at 485 kilometers east of Davao City (7.6°N, 130.0°E),” the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said in a Facebook post.
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A tropical depression also formed outside the PAR. It was last spotted 1,100 kilometers west of Central Luzon, according to Pagasa.
It was carrying maximum sustained winds at 45 kilometers per hour (kph) and gusts of up to 55 kph while moving west-northwest at 25 kph, the state weather bureau added.