LPA forms, may enter PAR – PAGASA

Metro Manila, Philippines — A low pressure area (LPA) developed outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Sunday, Nov. 3, and may enter the country’s monitoring zone, the state weather agency reported.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the cloud clusters off Mindanao developed into an LPA at 2 a.m.

As of 3 a.m., the LPA was spotted 1,605 kilometers east of northeastern Mindanao.

“Ayon sa ating latest analysis ay mababa ‘yung tsansa nitong maging bagyo within the next 24 hours, at wala rin po itong direct effect sa anumang bahagi ng ating bansa,” PAGASA weather specialist Grace Castaneda said in a public weather briefing.

[Translation: Based on our latest analysis, there is a low chance that this will intensify into a tropical cyclone in the next 24 hours, and it has no direct effect in our country.]

“Ngunit hindi po natin inaalis 'yung possibility na sa mga susunod na araw or the next 24 to 48 hours ay posible po itong pumasok sa loob ng PAR,” she added.

[Translation: But we are not ruling out the possibility that it would enter PAR in the next 24 to 48 hours.]

Weather forecast

The Philippines will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rains on Sunday.

In its forecast, PAGASA said Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have isolated light rains due to the northeasterly windflow.

The easterlies will bring isolated rain showers or thunderstorms over Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, Aurora, Quezon, and the rest of Cagayan Valley. The rest of the country will experience the same weather condition caused by localized thunderstorms.

PAGASA has not raised a gale warning for those venturing out at sea.