Weather Today – September 29, 2017 | Two LPAs inside PAR

As we are about to end the month of September, two Low Pressure Areas (LPAs) developed within the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). An LPA was spotted at 215 kilometers east-northeast of Infanta, Quezon and the other one was last located at 640 km east-northeast of Surigao City, Surigao del Norte.

PAGASA Weather Forecaster Robert “Obet” Badrina said that the probability for these weather disturbances to develop into Tropical Cyclones remains slim. However, both LPAs are expected to dump rains in several parts of the archipelago.

Visayas, Davao Region, SOCCSKSARGEN and ARMM will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. The same weather condition will prevail in the regions of Cagayan Valley, Cordillera and Ilocos, as well as the provinces of Aurora and Quezon. Meanwhile, Metro Manila and the remaining parts of the archipelago will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms.

Badrina explained that it is normal to have two LPAs in the Philippine premises at the same time. This scenario is due to the active Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), which is also dubbed as the breeding ground of weather disturbances.