LPA over Quezon to bring overnight rains across Luzon, may dissipate within 24 hours — PAGASA
A low-pressure area (LPA) spotted over Polillo Island in Quezon province on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 10, is expected to bring light to moderate rains and thunderstorms across a large portion of Luzon overnight, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).
PAGASA weather specialist Benison Estareja said the LPA is unlikely to develop into a tropical depression and may dissipate within the next 24 hours.
However, it will continue to bring rain showers over Metro Manila, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, and Bicol Region until early Thursday, Sept. 11.
After the LPA dissipates, scattered rain showers and thunderstorms may persist in these areas due to the easterlies, or warm winds from the Pacific Ocean.
The easterlies may also bring partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms over the rest of the country.
In its two-week tropical cyclone threat potential forecast, Estareja said PAGASA is also monitoring two more LPAs forming east of the country.
He said the first potential LPA may enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Friday, Sept. 12.
It may move across the Philippine Sea, passing east of the Visayas and Mindanao, and approach Eastern Visayas by Sunday, Sept. 14.
From Sunday to Tuesday, Sept. 16, it may cross portions of Southern Luzon and Visayas, and emerge over the West Philippine Sea, Estareja said.
He noted that this weather system could bring widespread rainfall over affected areas, and PAGASA is not ruling out the possibility of it developing into a tropical depression.
If it does, it will be named “Mirasol.”
Meanwhile, the second potential LPA remains farther out in the central Pacific Ocean, east of the Visayas.
Estareja said it is not expected to enter PAR or affect the country, based on PAGASA’s latest analysis.
He advised the public to continue monitoring weather bulletins, as forecasts may still change depending on the movement and development of these potential weather disturbances.