MANILA – The southwest monsoon (habagat) will continue to dampen Luzon, the weather bureau said on Tuesday (30 July 2024).
The low-pressure area (LPA) of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has been monitored, and it was last spotted at 480 km. north northwest of Itbayat, Batanes.
“We expect the LPA to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility in the next hours, and will no longer affect the country,” PAGASA forecaster Rhea Torres said.
Torres added that the LPA has a slim chance of developing into a tropical cyclone and will not strengthen the “habagat” in the next few days.
Scattered rains and thunderstorms that could result in flash floods or landslides are forecast in Ilocos Region and Zambales.
The “habagat” will also cause isolated rain showers or thunderstorms over Metro Manila, Cordillera Administrative Region, and the provinces of Tarlac, Bataan, Pampanga, Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite, Batangas, and Occidental Mindoro.
The same weather condition will prevail over the rest of the country due to localized thunderstorms, PAGASA said.
It added that light to moderate winds and slight to moderate seas will continue to prevail across the archipelago.
(el Amigo/mnm)
