MANILA, Philippines — The state-run weather agency said on Sunday that a low pressure area (LPA) was expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) anytime within the day and would develop into a tropical depression to be named “Kristine.”
Spotted some 1, 395 kilometers east of Southern Luzon, the LPA will likely enter the country either in the afternoon or at night, according to weather specialist Grace Castañeda of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
“Within 24 hours, this weather disturbance has also a big chance to intensify into a tropical depression to be named Kristine,” the Pagasa forecaster said.
At the moment, Castañeda said the LPA has no direct effect on the weather condition in the country but its trough or extension would affect the eastern section of Northern and Central Luzon where scattered or isolated rains and thunderstorms would be experienced.
Meanwhile, the inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCZ) – an imaginary line where winds from the northern and southern hemispheres meet – was bringing cloudy skies over Zamboanga Peninsula, BARMM (Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao), Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and Palawan, the state weather bureau said.
Metro Manila and the rest of the country will likely have partly cloudy to overcast skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to localized thunderstorms, its 5 a.m. advisory said.
