LPA lingers, may dump rain in Southern PH

Project NOAH satellite image as of 7:30 am, Tuesday, April 15, 2014

MANILA, Philippines- Visayas will have cloudy skies with moderate heavy rains and thunderstorms that may cause flashfloods and landslides, the state weather bureau said Tuesday.

This was because of a low pressure area (LPA) that was previously tropical depression “Domeng,” the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said.

The LPA was last observed 60 kilometers east of Guiuan in Eastern Samar.

Bicol Region, Mimaropa, Northern Mindanao and Davao Region will experience cloudy skies with scattered light to moderate rainshowers and thunderstorms, Pagasa said.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening.

Moderate to occasionally strong winds blowing from the northeast to northwest will prevail over the northern and eastern sections of Luzon and Visayas and the coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to occasionally rough.

Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast to west with slight to moderate seas.

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