Weather Today – September 7, 2015 | Habagat back in PH

The southwest monsoon, locally knows as “habagat”, is now affecting Palawan, Visayas and Mindanao. This weather system will bring occasional rains in Visayas, Mindanao and the provinces of Mindoro and Palawan. Aside from the occasional rains, humid weather is also expected to prevail today.

The rest of Luzon, including Metro Manila, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rains or thunderstorms.

Meanwhile, the low pressure area (LPA) outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) has now developed into a tropical depression. With an international name “Etau,” which means storm cloud contributed by United States of America, it was located at 1,795 kms east of extreme Northern Luzon with maximum sustained winds of 55 kph moving north-northwest at 15 kph.

PAGASA Weather Forecaster Jori Loiz said Etau has a very slim chance of entering PAR.