LPA, ‘habagat’ to bring rain showers across PH Wednesday

HIMAWARI-9 satellite image as of Sept. 13, 2023, 7:00 a.m. (Photo from DOST-PAGASA)

By Ma. Cristina Arayata | Philippine News Agency

Rain showers due to a low pressure area (LPA) and the southwest monsoon or “habagat” will continue to dampen most areas across the country on Wednesday.

The LPA, last tracked 610 kilometers east of Itbayat, Batanes, is unlikely to develop into a tropical cyclone, the weather bureau said in its 4 a.m. bulletin.

“However, its trough or extension will cause rains in parts of Central and Southern Luzon,” Grace Castañeda of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said.

PAGASA said to expect scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over Bicol Region, Aurora and Quezon due to the LPA.

“‘Habagat’ continues to affect the western sections of Southern Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao. A huge part of the country will have high chances of rains and thunderstorms,” Castañeda said.

The southwest monsoon is expected to bring scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over the Visayas, Metro Manila, Zamboanga Peninsula, BARMM, Soccsksargen, Region 4-B (Mimaropa), the rest of Region 4-A (Calabarzon) and Central Luzon, La Union, Pangasinan and Benguet.

The rest of the country will have isolated rains caused by localized thunderstorms.

Light to moderate winds and slight to moderate seas continue to prevail in the entire archipelago, PAGASA said. (PNA)

 

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