ANOTHER low pressure area (LPA) outside the country has a high chance of developing into a tropical depression for the next two days even after super typhoon Egay just exited the Philippine area of responsibility on Thursday.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said the LPA it is monitoring may enter by Saturday, July 29.
State weather specialist Benison Estareja said in a public forecast that the LPA has no direct impact yet on the country since it is still outside PAR – 1,800 kilometers east of northeastern Mindanao – as of early morning on Thursday.
Earlier in the day,the Pagasa had lifted Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 3 as it expected the weakening Typhoon Egay (international name: Doksuri) to leave PAR within today, July 27.
Egay may further reduce strength as it moves west of Batanes at 15 kilometers per hour (kph). The typhoon was last located 195 kilometers west of Basco, Batanes, packing maximum sustained winds of 150 kph near the center and up to 180 kph gustiness.
As Egay departs, Pagasa said once the new LPA enters PAR and becomes a tropical depression, it will be named Falcon, according to Estareja. Falcon might be the sixth tropical cyclone to hit the country this year, and the third this July.
Still, the LPA is expected to whip up the prevailing southwest monsoon, locally called habagat, which will dump rain in several parts of the country.
“Malayo pa ito sa ating bansa at wala pa pong direktang epekto, pero asahan po natin hanggang sa unang araw ng Agosto ay magdadala pa rin ito ng ulan dulot ng habagat na siyang palalakasin nito sa mga susunod na araw,” weather specialist Benison Estareja said in a morning briefing.
