LPA outside PAR develops into tropical depression — PAGASA

The low pressure area (LPA) near the country’s area of responsibility intensified into a tropical depression on Monday, Nov. 13, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).
In its initial tropical cyclone advisory issued at 11 a.m., PAGASA said the tropical depression was located 1,540 kilometers east of southeastern Mindanao.
It has maximum sustained winds of 45 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gusts of up to 55 kph.
It was moving eastward at 20 kph.
As of Monday, the weather disturbance was still outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR), but it may enter the vicinity as a tropical storm or severe tropical storm by Wednesday or Thursday, Nov. 15 or 16, PAGASA said.
It will be given a local name “Kabayan” once inside the PAR.
According to PAGASA's track and intensity forecast, the cyclone is expected to become a typhoon on Saturday, Nov. 18, and be near or in the vicinity of Pinanag-an, Eastern Samar.