The latest typhoon bulletin on the afternoon of March 8th from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that a new low pressure area is being monitored outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).
This new low pressure area is 1,145km northeast of Mindanao, Philippines at 2 pm on March 8. At 5 am on March 8, the low pressure area was 1,710km northeast of Mindanao.
Philippine forecasters believe that the new low pressure is unlikely to strengthen into a tropical depression in the next 24 hours.
Currently, the new low pressure is unlikely to affect the weather in the Philippines and is also unlikely to enter PAR.
Previously, PAGASA's storm and low pressure forecast bulletin on March 6 stated that a low pressure area is likely to form inside PAGASA's TCAD forecast area in the week from March 6 to March 12. 3. This system is forecast to strengthen into a tropical depression at a low to medium level.
However, on March 8, weather forecaster Veronica Torres of PAGASA said: "The low pressure is not forecast to strengthen into a tropical depression in the coming days.
Ms. Veronica Torres said that 2 weather systems - the northeast monsoon and the broken wind - have dominated most areas of the Philippines. These weather systems cause scattered showers and thunderstorms, but hot and humid weather can occur from late morning to mid-afternoon.
PAGASA's weather forecast bulletin emphasizes that Metro Manila, Ilocos region, Occidental Mindoro, the rest of Central Luzon and the rest of Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) are likely to have scattered to cloudy skies accompanied by light rain due to the influence of the northeast monsoon.
The rest of the Philippines may have scattered to cloudy skies accompanied by scattered showers or thunderstorms due to easterly winds.
