The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Thursday, May 9, continued to monitor cloud clusters outside the country’s area of responsibility, which could develop into a low pressure area (LPA) in the coming days.
PAGASA weather specialist Rhea Torres said the agency has also not ruled out the possibility of the potential LPA entering the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) and its trough or extension affecting parts of Mindanao.
In its tropical cyclone threat potential forecast for May 8 to 21, PAGASA said weather models show a “moderate to high likelihood of tropical cyclone development.”
It added that the weather disturbance could “move closer to the Philippine landmass before recurving toward southern Japan.”
As of Thursday, Torres said the cloud clusters have no direct effect yet on the country.
In the next 24 hours, PAGASA said Batanes and Babuyan Islands may experience cloudy weather, scattered rain showers, and thunderstorms due to the frontal system—a weather system in which warm and cold air merge.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the easterlies and localized thunderstorms.
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