By Arlie O. Calalo
November 13, 2023
MANILA, Philippines: THE low pressure area (LPA) spotted outside the country will enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) anytime today and may intensify into a tropical depression, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Monday.
Weather specialist Robert "Obet" Badrina said the LPA was last spotted 1,400 kilometers east of north-eastern Mindanao.
"It would likely enter PAR in 24 hours and the potential for this weather disturbance to become a tropical depression was high," Badrina said.
He said the agency has yet to issue a forecast track as it is possible that its direction would change in the coming days.
Pagasa said that the shear line where the hot and cold air converge is affecting Southern Luzon.
The northeast monsoon or "amihan" meanwhile is affecting Northern and Central Luzon.
It will bring overcast skies with isolated light rains in Cagayan Valley, Apayao, Ilocos Region, the rest of Central Luzon and the rest of Cordillera Administrative Region.
Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated downpour and thunderstorms.
