PAGASA Monitors 2 Low-Pressure Areas, Rain Expected Over Luzon

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) is monitoring two low-pressure areas (LPAs) – one inside and another outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), with the weather disturbance within PAR expected to bring rains across much of Luzon. In its 10 a.m. tropical cyclone outlook on Wednesday, PAGASA said the LPA inside PAR was located near Baao, Camarines Sur, while the other was about 1,580 kilometers east of Eastern Visayas. Neither weather disturbance is expected to develop into a tropical depression within the next 24 hours. PAGASA said the LPA inside PAR would bring scattered rains and thunderstorms over Metro Manila, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, the Bicol Region, Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Romblon and Marinduque. Moderate to occasionally heavy rains could trigger flash floods and landslides, it said. Meanwhile, easterlies are expected to bring isolated thunderstorms over Cagayan, Isabela, the Cordillera Administrative Region, the Ilocos Region and the rest of Cagayan Valley. — Edg Adrian A. Eva