The latest storm and tropical depression news from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Agency (PAGASA) said that at 3:00 a.m. on August 12, the low pressure was near the East Sea, 1,375 km east of North Luzon.
Previously, in the afternoon news on August 11, PAGASA said that at 3:00 pm on the same day, low pressure near the East Sea was about 850 km northeast of Northern Luzon in the Philippines.
Amid the emergence of low pressure, the influence of the southwest monsoon, or habagat, continues to impact the weather in the Philippines.
The southwest monsoon currently affects Luzon and the western part of the Visayas, causing rain in the Ilocos, Benguet, Zambales and Bataan areas.
"Metro Manila, the rest of Luzon, Western Visayas and Negros Island are expected to have cloudy to partly cloudy skies with scattered showers caused by the southwest monsoon" - PAGASA stated in its forecast bulletin . Latest weather .
The rest of the Philippines is expected to have scattered showers or thunderstorms.
Also information about low pressure near the East Sea, the latest storm and tropical depression information from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) of the US Air Force and US Navy said that this depression is over the Philippine Sea and was formed on August 10.
According to JTWC storm forecasters, this low pressure near the East Sea is likely to strengthen into a tropical depression within the next 24 hours.
In early August, Philippine weather forecasters reported that 2-3 tropical storms are expected to form or enter the Philippine forecast area in August.
"This August, we expect 2 to 3 tropical storms to form or enter the Philippine forecast area" - typhoon forecaster Obet Badrina of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Agency (PAGASA) shares.
Typhoon forecaster Robert Badrina also informed that there is a possibility of 13 to 16 storms entering the Philippine forecast area between now and the end of the year.
Previously, in July, two tropical storms "Butchoy" (storm No. 2 Prapiroon) and storm No. 3 "Carina" (international name Gaemi) formed in the area around the East Sea.
More tropical storms are entering the Philippines' forecast area than anywhere else in the world. With an average of 20 storms per year, 8 or 9 of them will hit the Philippines.
The peak of hurricane season is from July to October, when nearly 70% of each season's storms form during this time.
