Pagasa: LPA, ‘habagat’ combine to bring rainy Wednesday to most of PH

MANILA, Philippines — Overcast skies and rain showers will prevail in most parts of the country on Wednesday due to a low-pressure area (LPA) east of Surigao del Norte and the southwest monsoon or “habagat”, according to the state weather bureau.

In its early morning bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said “habagat” will bring cloudy skies and scattered rain showers to western portions of Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. 

Pagasa added that rain will also prevail in the Visayas, Caraga region in Mindanao, and some parts of Southern Luzon due to LPA, which was last monitored some 200 kilometers east-northeast of Surigao City, Surigao del Norte.

“Sa ngayon di pa rin natin inaalis yung posibilidad na ito ay maging bagyo habang lumalapit ito sa kalupaan, gayunpaman, maging bagyo man o hindi itong LPA, nagbababala tayo kasi patuloy ito magdadala ng mga pag-ulan sa mga susunod na araw,” Pagasa weather specialist Obet Badrina said. 

(We are not ruling out the possibility that this LPA will become a typhoon while moving closer to our landmass. Still, we warn the public that it will trigger rainfall in the coming days.)

He added that thunderstorms will be experienced in the northern and eastern parts of Luzon, particularly the Ilocos region, Central Luzon, Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon), and Metro Manila. 

Meanwhile, no gale warning has been raised over the country’s seaboards.