LPA may develop into tropical depression, to be named 'Egay'– Pagasa

 

By Arlie O. Calalo

July 19, 2023 10

THE low pressure area (LPA) off Surigao del Sur has a greater chance of developing into a tropical depression in the next two days and be named "Egay."

The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said in its 5 a.m. advisory, however, that even if the weather disturbance will intensify into a storm it will still have no direct effect in the country.

The inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCZ), where the LPA is embedded, causes rain in most parts of the archipelago, according to weather specialist Obet Badrina.

He said the LPA, some 710 kilometers east of Hinatuan, also in the same province, along with ITCZ, is affecting Eastern Visayas, Caraga, Bohol, Camiguin, Misamis Oriental, Davao del Norte and Davao de Oro where overcast skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms will prevail.

The ITCZ – an imaginary line where the air coming from the northern and southern hemisphere meets – and localized thunderstorms are bringing partly cloudy skies to cloudy skies with occasional downpour or thunderstorms over Metro Manila and the rest of the country within 24 hours, Pagasa said.