MANILA, Philippines – At least two low-pressure areas (LPAs) are being closely monitored, one of which may enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the state-run weather agency said on Tuesday.
Weather specialist Veronica Torres of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said the first LPA was estimated at 1,085 kilometers (kms) east of northeastern Mindanao, while the second was at 2,585 kms – also in the same general location.
Although the first LPA would be unlikely to develop into a tropical depression, it could enter PAR anytime Tuesday, Torres said.
Citing the LPA's forecast track, the Pagasa forecaster said that it would likely bring rain over the Visayas and Mindanao by Thursday.
Meanwhile, the second LPA, although still far from PAR, has been forecast to develop into a tropical depression over the next 24 to 48 hours.
While it might enter PAR by the end of the week, it was not seen to directly hit the country in the next three to five days, Torres said in a 5 a.m. briefing.
In the meantime, the national weather bureau said the easterlies would continue to prevail in most parts of the archipelago, bringing hot and humid weather.
But the same weather system would be affecting the Zamboanga Peninsula and Palawan, bringing cloudy skies with scattered rain and thunderstorms.
It would also bring partly cloudy to overcast skies over Metro Manila and the rest of the country, it added.