LPA east of Mindanao has medium chance of becoming tropical depression

A low pressure area (LPA) east of Southern Mindanao, still outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility, has a medium chance of developing into a tropical depression within the next 24 hours.

As of Monday night, the LPA was located 2,005 kilometers east of Southern Mindanao and has inched closer to the country.

In its earlier advisory on Monday morning, the LPA was 2,540 kilometers east of Southern Mindanao with a low possibility of developing into a tropical depression.

Easterlies continue to affect Luzon and the eastern section of the Visayas, causing cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms in Isabela, Aurora, Quezon, and Camarines Norte.

Metro Manila, the rest of Luzon, and Eastern Visayas will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Mindanao and the rest of the Visayas are expected to have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms.

PAGASA cautioned that these weather conditions could lead to flash floods and landslides, with light to moderate winds and slight to moderate coastal waters nationwide.