Typhoon Liwayway, LPA out of PAR

MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Liwayway (Lingling) left the Philippine Area of Responsibility Thursday afternoon without making a landfall over any part of the country.

“Liwayway” exited PAR at 3 p.m., PAGASA said in a bulletin issued late Thursday afternoon.

Before leaving the country’s jurisdiction, the typhoon made a landfall over Miyako Island in southern Ryukyu Islands at 12:05 p.m. PAR, which encompasses almost all of the land territory of the Philippines, also includes many countries in Oceania and the eastern parts of Asia.

“Liwayway” was last seen 630 kilometers northeast of Basco, Batanes with maximum sustained winds of 175 km per hour and gusts of up to 215 kph.

It is heading north at 15 kph.

Despite its exit, the typhoon will still enhance the southwest monsoon.

Residents of Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Ilocos region and Cordillera Administrative Region may still experience occasional gusty conditions due to the southwest monsoon.

Light to moderate rains will affect Batanes and Babuyan Islands until Friday afternoon.

Meanwhile, the southwest monsoon will bring scattered light to moderate rains with at times heavy rains during thunderstorms over Ilocos region, CAR, Zambales and Bataan.

PAGASA warned that sea travel is risky, especially for those using small seacrafts, over the seaboards of northern Luzon and the western seaboard of Central Luzon.

LPA also out of PAR

The low pressure area being monitored by the state weather bureau also exited PAR at 3 p.m. It was last spotted 1,070 km east of Eastern Visayas.

PAGASA said the weather disturbance is less likely to develop into a tropical depression within the next 48 hours. There is a possibility that it may re-enter PAR but it may eventually dissipate. 

But the trough or the extension of the LPA may bring cloudy skies with possible scattered rains and isolated thunderstorms over Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, CARAGA, Northern Mindanao, Davao region and SOCCSKSARGEN. — Gaea Katreena Cabico