LPA spotted off Eastern Samar, Albay

A low pressure area (LPA) was estimated at 255 kilometers north of Guiuan, Eastern Samar or 170 kilometers east of Legazpi City, Albay at 3 p.m. Thursday, PAGASA said.

The weather bureau is also monitoring an active tropical cyclone outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).

The tropical depression is located 845 kilometers west northwest of Extreme Northern Luzon with maximum sustained winds at 45 kilometers per hour, gustiness of up to 55 kilometer per hour, and moving west-northwest at 15 kilometers per hour.

Cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms will prevail over Mimaropa, Bicol Region, Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula, and Quezon Province, based on PAGASA’s 4 p.m. daily weather forecast caused by the LPA.

Affected residents were advised to prepare for possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms caused by Southwest Monsoon (Habagat).

Flash floods or landslides may occur during severe thunderstorms, PAGASA said.

The wind speed forecast for the whole country will be light to moderate while coastal water conditions will be slight to moderate, ranging from 0.6 meters to 2.1 meters. — Mel Matthew Doctor/BM, GMA News