LPA outside PAR may become tropical depression, PAGASA says

A low pressure area (LPA) outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) has a high chance of developing into a tropical depression, potentially bringing another cyclone to the country before the year ends, according to PAGASA.

PAGASA's weather bulletin indicated the LPA has a high potential to become a tropical depression within the next 24 hours.

Meanwhile, Tropical Depression Koto has weakened into an LPA and continues to be monitored outside PAR.

Areas like Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi will experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ).

Cagayan Valley, Ilocos Norte, Apayao, Kalinga, and Aurora are expected to have cloudy skies with rains from the Northeast Monsoon.

Other regions including parts of Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Central Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains, also due to the Northeast Monsoon.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country can expect partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms caused by localized weather patterns.