LPA forms over WPS, brings rains to Palawan, Batanes, Mindanao

A low pressure area (LPA) formed over the West Philippine Sea outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), according to state weather bureau PAGASA on Tuesday, February 11.

Located at 370 kilometers northwest of Pag-asa Island in Kalayaan, Palawan as of Friday morning, the LPA has a low chance of developing into a tropical depression within the next 24 hours and will not enter the PAR.

Its trough will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms over Palawan on Wednesday, while Batanes and the Babuyan Islands may experience isolated thunderstorms due to a shear line causing convergence between Amihan and easterlies through Thursday noon.

Mindanao will also see scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), with possible flash floods or landslides in Caraga, Davao Region, Camiguin, Misamis Oriental, and Bukidnon.

PAGASA warned of possible flash floods or landslides due to weather systems affecting various parts of the country.