LPA east of General Santos 'unlikely' to develop into TD

The low-pressure area (LPA) spotted Saturday at 655 km east of General Santos City is unlikely to develop into a tropical depression within the next 24 hours, according to the state weather bureau.

In its 4 pm advisory on Saturday, PAGASA, however, said that cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms are still expected to occur over Mindanao, Eastern Visayas, Central Visayas, the Negros Island Region, and Palawan.

The affected areas could experience possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rain.

Meanwhile, the Bicol Region, Quezon, and Aurora may experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms caused by easterlies.

Localized thunderstorms are also expected in Metro Manila and the rest of the country.

Light to moderate winds were forecast over the country, with slight to moderate coastal waters with waves ranging from 0.6 to 1.5 meters in Visayas, Mindanao, Palawan, and the rest of Southern Luzon, while 0.6 to 1.2 meters in the eastern sections of Northern and Central Luzon, and the rest of Luzon.

At the PAGASA Science Garden weather station in Diliman, Quezon City, the highest temperature recorded on Saturday reached 36.4 degrees Celsius at 2 p.m., while the lowest temperature was logged at 26.2 degrees Celsius at 6:30 a.m.

Sunrise in Metro Manila on Sunday is at 5:27 a.m. —VAL, GMA News