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| The LPA, which is located east of Hinatuan, will continue to bring cloudy skies and scattered rain showers across the Philippines, including the Eastern Visayas region. |
According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the low-pressure area (LPA) near Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, will continue to bring rain to several parts of the country on Thursday, April 7.
The LPA was last seen at 3:00 a.m. today, 130 kilometers east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur and embedded along an Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ).
Cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms are expected in Visayas, Mindanao, MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, and Quezon due to the low-pressure area.
Meanwhile, Cagayan Valley, Apayao, Kalinga, Ifugao, Mountain Province, Aurora, Ilocos Region, Abra, and Benguet will be affected by the Northeasterly Surface Windflow.
The rest of Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to localized thunderstorms.
PAGASA is also keeping an eye on a tropical depression that has formed outside of the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).
On Thursday morning, the tropical depression was located 2,435 kilometers east of Mindanao and was moving west-northwestward at 10 kilometers per hour.
It has sustained winds of up to 55 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 70 kilometers per hour.
PAGASA will provide thorough updates on the said tropical depression as it approaches the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). —Tacloban News Update