Pagasa monitors LPAs, cloud clusters; no immediate threat

A new low-pressure area (LPA) is being monitored outside and inside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR), according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).

Weather specialist Daniel James Villamil said that the LPA located on the northeastern boundary of PAR may not develop into a typhoon within the next few days and will have no direct effect on the country.

Cloud clusters inside PAR are forecast to become an LPA in the coming days but also won't affect the country, while another cloud cluster is being monitored in the eastern part of Luzon for potential development into an LPA.

The southwest monsoon continues to affect Luzon this Saturday, with overcast skies and scattered rains expected in Batanes and Babuyan Islands, and partly cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms anticipated in Metro Manila and other regions.

Pagasa forecasts slightly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms caused by localized thunderstorms across most of the country on Thursday.