New cyclone may enter PAR on Thursday – Pagasa

(Satellite image from Pagasa)

MANILA, Philippines—Another tropical cyclone may enter the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) Thursday, state meteorologists said.

As of Wednesday at 3:00 a.m., the weather system is still a low-pressure area and was monitored 1,765 kilometers east of northeastern Mindanao, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).

“For now, its chance of becoming a tropical cyclone is getting higher within 24 to 48 hours and [may] enter PAR by tomorrow (Thursday),” said Pagasa weather specialist Chenel Dominguez in a public weather forecast.

Once it enters PAR, it will become the 18th tropical cyclone occurring in the country and will be named Ramil.

Dominguez said Ramil will approach the Northern Luzon area, bringing widespread rains there over the weekend.

However, even without Ramil, most parts of Luzon and some parts of Visayas will have overcast skies with rain due to two weather systems.

Easterlies, or the warm winds coming from the Pacific Ocean, are seen to bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms to Metro Manila, Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon), the Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, Isabela, Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, Romblon, Capiz, Aklan, Cebu, and Bohol.

On the other hand, the rest of the country is expected to have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light showers to isolated showers or thunderstorms. /apl/abc