According to the latest storm and tropical depression information from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) of the US Navy and US Air Force, a low pressure near the East Sea formed on the afternoon of July 27 in the Philippine Sea. It is forecasted that this low pressure has little chance of strengthening into a tropical storm in the next 24 hours.
The newly discovered low pressure near the East Sea, called Invest 96W by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, has maximum sustained winds of about 30 km/h (15 knots). The estimated minimum sea level pressure is nearly 1008 hPa. A new low pressure near the East Sea was discovered not far from the location where super storm No. 3 Gaemi formed.
Meanwhile, the area near the East Sea has had a low pressure forming since the afternoon of July 25, according to the Philippine weather agency PAGASA.321
PAGASA's latest storm and tropical depression news said that this depression is about 770 km east of Butuan city, Agusan del Norte in the Philippines.
PAGASA storm forecaster Chenel Dominguez told Inquirer: "This low pressure is still at sea, so we cannot rule out the possibility that this low pressure will strengthen into a storm ."
Due to the trough or extension of low pressure near the South China Sea , cloudy weather, scattered rain and thunderstorms are forecast in the Bicol area, Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Dinagat Islands and Quezon of the Philippines. There are currently no gust warnings in effect for any Philippine waters.
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) calls this depression Invest 95W, located south of Invest 96W. According to the latest storm forecast, this depression is unlikely to strengthen into a tropical storm in the next 24 hours. Storm forecast models also found no significant strengthening of low pressure Invest 95W.
According to PAGASA, in addition to two low pressure near the East Sea, the weather in the Philippines is strongly influenced by the southwest monsoon, or hagabat. The southwest monsoon continues to cause scattered rain and storms in many areas of the country.
PAGASA's latest weather forecast states that cloudy to partly cloudy skies are expected with scattered showers and thunderstorms in Metro Manila, Western Visayas, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Western Mindoro and Palawan.
