A LOW pressure area (LPA) and the onset of “Amihan” or a northeast monsoon are affecting parts of the country, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Tuesday. In its morning forecast, the state-run weather bureau said that the LPA was spotted at 125 kilometers (km) east of Surigao City, Surigao del Norte. Pagasa warned of cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms over Visayas and the regions of MIMAROPA, Bicol, CARAGA, Davao, Northern Mindanao and the rest of CALABARZON due to the LPA. Meanwhile, the northeast monsoon is causing cloudy skies with light to moderate rains over Metro Manila, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Cordillera and the rest of Cagayan Valley Region and partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains over Ilocos region and the rest of Central Luzon. The rest of Mindanao will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with possible isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to localized thunderstorms, Pagasa said.

Source: Manila Times October 31, 2017 01:52 UTC