Pagasa satellite image as of November 28, 2013, 7:30 PM. Screengrab from https://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/
MANILA, Philippines – A low pressure area was spotted east of Mindanao on Thursday afternoon by the state weather agency.
The LPA was last observed 90 kilometers east of Mindanao, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said.
Buddy Javier, weather forecaster of Pagasa, said the LPA has low chances of becoming a cyclone, but it will bring rains in parts of Visayas and Mindanao.
Up to two cyclones are forecast to hit the Philippines in December.
Meanwhile, a tail-end of a cold front is affecting Southern Luzon.
“MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, Visayas and Mindanao will experience cloudy skies with light to moderate rainshowers and thunderstorms,” Pagasa said.
Metro Manila and the regions of Ilocos, Cordillera, Cagayan Valley and Central Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with light rains.
The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.
Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Northeast will prevail over Northern Luzon and its coastal waters will be moderate to rough, Pagasa said.
Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast to north with slight to moderate seas, it added.
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