At 4:00 p.m. today, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated based on all available data at 40 km West of Calayan Island, Cagayan (19.5°N, 121.0°E). Southwest Monsoon affecting the western section of Luzon. Batanes, Calayan and Babuyan group of islands will experience cloudy skies with moderate to occasionally heavy rainshowers and thunderstorms which may trigger flashfloods and landslides. Metro Manila, the rest of Luzon, Western Visayas and CARAGA region will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms. Moderate to strong winds blowing from the southwest to south will prevail over the western section of Luzon and its coastal waters will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be moderate to occasionally strong coming from the south with moderate to occasionally rough seas.
Posted on: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 21:25:49 +0000