LPA outside PAR develops into tropical depression

A low pressure area (LPA) outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) has developed into a tropical depression, according to PAGASA.

As of Friday afternoon, the tropical depression was located 1,920 kilometers east northeast of Itbayat, Batanes.

It has a wind speed of 45 kilometers per hour with gustiness of 55 kilometers per hour and is moving slowly west.

Another LPA, the remnant of Tropical Cyclone Bising (international name: Danas), remains outside PAR and is unlikely to redevelop into a tropical depression.

The southwest monsoon (habagat) is expected to bring occasional rains to Western Visayas, Negros Island Region, Palawan, and Occidental Mindoro, with a risk of flash floods or landslides.

Metro Manila, Mindanao, the rest of Visayas, Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Zambales, Bataan, Cavite, and Batangas may experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms, also posing a risk of flash floods or landslides.