(Satellite photo courtesy of Pagasa)
MANILA, Philippines — The state weather agency monitored two low-pressure areas (LPAs) inside and outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) early Monday morning.
In its latest forecast, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said the LPA inside PAR was last spotted some 1,155 kilometers (km) east northeast of Northern Luzon.
The other LPA outside PAR was at 1,310 km east northeast of Extreme Northern Luzon.
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“Itong dalawang LPA na ito ay hindi pa natin inaasahang magiging bagyo, at least base sa huling mga datos na ating nakalap,” Pagasa weather specialist Obet Badrina reported.
(We are not expecting these two LPAs to become typhoons, at least based on the last data we have gathered.)
He added these LPAs have no direct effect in any part of the country at the moment, but he is not ruling out the possibility that these weather systems could develop into tropical cyclones.
“Base sa pinakahuling datos natin na nakalap, medyo maliit pa yung tsansa na maging bagyo itong dalawang LPA,” Badrina said.
(Based on the latest data, the chance of these two LPAs becoming a typhoon is still relatively low.)
Meanwhile, the southwest monsoon, locally known as habagat, will continue to bring rain over parts of Visayas and Southern Luzon on Monday and in the next few days.
On the other hand, isolated rain showers and thunderstorms will prevail over the rest of the archipelago from afternoon until evening and possibly during dawn.
Pagasa did not raise a gale warning in any of the country’s seaboards.