Pagasa: Widespread rain in PH Friday due to 2 LPAs

MANILA, Philippines — Two low-pressure areas (LPA) inside the Philippine area of responsibility will trigger rainfall in most parts of the country on Friday, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).

“Almost the entire country will have cloudy skies and rains,” Pagasa weather specialist Aldczar Aurelio said in Filipino in an early morning bulletin.

The first LPA was last spotted some 135 kilometers west-southwest of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro.

Scattered to widespread rains and thunderstorms are expected in northern Palawan and Occidental Mindoro.

The other  LPA was spotted some 880 kilometers east of Eastern Visayas.

Due to the trough or extension of this  LPA,  cloudy skies, scattered rain showers, and thunderstorms are forecast in Metro Manila, Central Luzon, Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon), Bicol region, Western Visayas and the rest of Mimaropa (Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan).

Fair weather, or partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers and thunderstorms, is expected in the rest of the country.

Pagasa warned of possible flash floods and landslides in rain-affected areas.

No gale warnings were raised nationwide.