According to the latest low pressure forecast from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration ( pagasa), a low pressure area currently in the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) is likely to develop into a tropical depression in the coming days.
Updated at 5:00 a.m. on July 1, Pagasa weather experts said that the low pressure area is currently about 650km east of Infanta, Quezon province.
Although the probability of tropical depression formation is still average and the possibility of this situation is still low in the next 24 hours, Pagasa warned that the possibility of the depression strengthening will gradually increase in the coming days.
The circulation of the low pressure area is causing rain and thick clouds in some areas such as Isabela, Quirino, Quezon, Aurora and part of the Bicol region in the Philippines.
The low pressure has not yet affected the weather at sea and on land in Vietnam in the next few days. However, scattered thunderstorms continue across the country.
According to the rain forecast from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, from July 1 to the evening of July 2, the North and Thanh Hoa will have moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, locally very heavy rain.
The mountainous and midland areas of the North are generally 70-150mm, locally over 300mm.
Northern Delta, Thanh Hoa generally has 50-110mm, locally over 150mm.
On July 1, Nghe An, Central Highlands, and the South will have showers and scattered thunderstorms, locally heavy rain with rainfall of 10-30mm, locally over 70mm, concentrated in the late afternoon and night.
From the night of July 2 to the morning of July 3, the North will have moderate rain, heavy rain, locally very heavy rain and thunderstorms with common rainfall of 15-30mm, locally over 80mm.
From noon on the afternoon of July 3, heavy rain in the North will gradually decrease.
In the South Central region, from July 4, the rain will gradually decrease.
People and tourists in the above areas need to be on guard during thunderstorms with the risk of tornadoes, hail, strong gusts of wind, flash floods on small rivers and streams, landslides on steep slopes and flooding in low-lying areas.
