LPA develops into cyclone as it exits PAR
Pagasa weather update. GRAPHICS BY INQUIRER
MANILA, Philippines — The low-pressure area (LPA) being monitored has developed into a tropical cyclone but is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Tuesday.
In its 5 a.m. public forecast, Pagasa Weather Specialist Chenel Dominguez said the LPA intensified into a typhoon at 2 a.m.
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The tropical depression was last spotted 435 kilometers west of Iba, Zambales. It has maximum sustained winds of 45 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 55 kilometers per hour. It is moving southwest at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour.
“This is outside [PAR], so we have not given it a local name,” Dominguez said.
“We are also not ruling out the possibility that it may reenter [PAR]. But if it does, it will not have any direct impact on any part of our country,” she added.
If the typhoon reenters the PAR, it will be named “Auring” and will be the first tropical cyclone of June and 2025.
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Meanwhile, the southwest monsoon, or habagat, is expected to continue bringing rain to most parts of the country.
For Tuesday’s weather forecast, Dominguez said that most areas in Luzon would continue to experience rainfall due to the habagat.
“Let’s expect occasional rains in Zambales, Bataan, and Occidental Mindoro. We expect the eastern section of northern Luzon to experience clear weather. But we also expect a high chance of localized thunderstorms, especially in the afternoon and evening,” she added.
She also said the habagat is expected to persist, bringing rain showers across the Visayas region and occasional rain in Palawan.
As for Mindanao, generally clear weather is expected; however, heat and humidity from noon to afternoon, along with a high chance of localized thunderstorms from afternoon to evening, may also occur./mcm
