The latest storm and tropical depression information from the Philippine weather agency PAGASA on August 31 said that the low pressure near the East Sea is about 695km east of Butuan city, Agusan del Norte.
Previously, the latest low pressure near the East Sea was identified to form in Mindanao and enter the forecast area of the Philippines at 10:00 p.m. on August 30.
At that time, the weather agency PAGASA said the low pressure area was 930km east of Mindanao. PAGASA forecast that the low pressure area near the East Sea has a high possibility of strengthening into a tropical storm in the next 24 hours.
In its weekend weather forecast, PAGASA noted that when it strengthens into a tropical storm in the Philippine forecast area, the latest low pressure system near the South China Sea will be locally named "Enteng."
PAGASA's latest typhoon forecast noted that Enteng will move northwest toward Eastern Visayas, but is not expected to make landfall in the Philippines.
However, the latest tropical storm near the South China Sea could intensify the southwest monsoon, or habagat, next week. Habagat is also expected to intensify by 1.9 in the Mimaropa, Western Visayas and Negros provinces.
Severe thunderstorms are forecast in the afternoon and evening over Ilocos, Cordillera, Central Luzon, Calabarzon and most of Mindanao this weekend.
A low pressure trough near the South China Sea is likely to affect weather conditions in Caraga and Central and Eastern Visayas, causing heavy rains in the morning of September 1. Bicol will be very wet from midday on September 1. “There is a risk of flooding and landslides in these areas,” PAGASA warned in its latest weather bulletin.
Enteng is the fifth storm name in the set of storm names used by the state weather agency PAGASA for the 2024 typhoon season for tropical storms that form within or enter the forecast area of the Philippines. Previously, the four storms from the beginning of the typhoon season in the Philippines this year were Aghon, Butchoy, Carina, Dindo, with Aghon being the first storm name used in the Philippines.
According to ABS-CBN News, PAGASA is the only weather agency in the world that assigns local names to storms. This has been the practice of the Weather Bureau - PAGASA's predecessor - since the 1960s in the hope of more effectively warning the public.
In 1998, PAGASA held the "Name-a-Bagyo" typhoon naming contest and received 140 entries. The names from this contest were first used in 2001 and are still used in the current typhoon naming system in the Philippines .
