LPA outside PAR intensifies but won’t affect PH

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The low pressure area over the West Philippine Sea has intensified into a tropical depression, the state weather bureau said midday Tuesday.

The tropical depression is outside the Philippine area of responsibility and will not affect the country, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said in its final advisory for the weather disturbance.

It was last observed 845 kilometers west of Laoag City in Ilocos Norte, with maximum winds of 45 kilometers per hour. It moved west northwest at 20 kph.

Mindanao will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rains and thunderstorms due to an intertropical convergence zone, Pagasa said.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rains or thunderstorms. CDG/rga