PAGASA Says LPA and ITCZ to Affect PH Weather Condition
PAGASA LATEST UPDATE – The state weather bureau reported that a low-pressure area and ITCZ will bring rains over parts of the country.
On Friday (October 18, 2024), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration released the latest weather update in the country. A low-pressure formed off Visayas, ITCZ, and easterlies will affect the country’s weather conditions.
PAGASA weather specialist Benison Estareja reported that the Intertropical Convergence Zone and easterlies will bring cloudy skies with rain showers over parts of the country.
The ITCZ will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms over Zamboanga Peninsula, SOCCSKSARGEN, BARMM, Davao Oriental, Davao Occidental, and Davao del Sur.
It will also bring partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms over Visayas, Palawan, and the rest of Mindanao.
The easterlies will bring similar weather conditions over Cagayan Valley, Aurora, Quezon, and Bicol Region.
Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will experience similar weather conditions due to the localized thunderstorms.
A low-pressure area was located 2,040 kilometers east of Eastern Visayas. It has a slim chance of developing into a tropical cyclone and it is not expected to enter the country’s vicinity.
“Within the next 24 hours, it is not expected to enter the Philippine area of responsibility, has no expected effect [in the country], and is not expected to become a tropical cyclone in the next 24 hours,” Estareja said.
The weather agency has advised the residents in the affected areas to take precautionary measures for possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains and severe thunderstorms.
Meanwhile, the coastal water condition over Northern Luzon, the rest of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao will be slight to moderate. No gale warning was raised over any of the country’s seaboard, according to PAGASA.
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