The trough of a low pressure area (LPA) located east southeast of Davao City and the Northeast Monsoon (Amihan) will cause rains over parts of the country on Monday, PAGASA said in its weather forecast.
Visayas, Caraga, Northern Mindanao, and Davao Region will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the trough or extension of the LPA. Flash floods or landslides may result due to moderate to at times heavy rains.
At 3 a.m. on Monday, the LPA was estimated to be located at 495 km east southeast of Davao City.
“Sa ngayon, maliit ang tsansa nito na maging bagyo,” PAGASA weather specialist Robert Badrina said on Unang Balita.
(As of today, there is little chance for the LPA to become a tropical depression.)
“Medyo maliit din ang tsansa na tumawid ito [sa ibang bahagi ng bansa]” he added.
(The chance of it crossing the landmass is also low.)
The Northeast Monsoon meanwhile will bring cloudy skies with rains over Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Bicol Region, Quezon, Marinduque, Romblon, and Aurora. Moderate to at times heavy rains may possibly lead to flash floods or landslides.
Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon on the other hand will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with light rains also due to the monsoon.
The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to localized thunderstorms. During severe thunderstorms, flash floods or landslides may possibly occur.
Coastal waters will be moderate to rough in the seaboards of Northern Luzon, the rest of Luzon and the eastern sections of Visayas and Mindanao.
The seas on the other hand will be slight to moderate in the rest of Mindanao.
Sunrise will be at 6:25 a.m. while sunset will be at 5:50 p.m. —KG, GMA Integrated News
