PAGASA: LPA within PAR now has 'high' chance of becoming cyclone

The low pressure area (LPA) being monitored inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility now has a "high potential" of developing into a tropical depression within the next 24 hours, PAGASA said.

As of 3 a.m. on Wednesday, the LPA was estimated at 1,100 kilometers east northeast of Extreme Northern Luzon, the weather bureau added.

For the day, the Southwest Monsoon or Habagat and localized thunderstorms will affect the western sections of Luzon and the Visayas.

 Ilocos Region, Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Apayao, Zambales, Bataan, and Occidental Mindoro will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the Southwest Monsoon.

Metro Manila, the rest of Central Luzon, CALABARZON, the rest of MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, and Western VisayasPartly will experience cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms as a result of the Southwest Monsoon.

The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to localized thunderstorms.

PAGASA warns against possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms.

Sunrise is at 5:44 a.m. and sunset is at 6:07 p.m. —LDF, GMA Integrated News