Cloudy skies, scattered rains due to LPA, southwest monsoon

MANILA, Philippines—State weather bureau PAGASA said it is monitoring a low pressure area seen to bring scattered rains in different parts of the country on Tuesday. 

In its early morning forecast, the agency said the LPA was last spotted at 320 kilometers in Daet, Camarines Sur.

Cloudy skies and rains, strengthened by the Habagat or southwest monsoon, are expected in Metro Manila, Central Luzon, CALABARZON, Mimaropa, as well as in Western and Central Visayas.

PAGASA has also raised the Yellow warning in Cavite, Laguna and Rizal, which means flooding is possible in low-lying areas.

Light to moderate rains are expected in Bataan, Bulacan and Pampanga over the next three hours.

Metro Manila, Batangas and Quezon Province may also see light to moderate with occasional heavy rains which may persist within the next few hours. 

State weather forecasters are also monitoring a tropical storm outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility with the international name Chan-hom.

It was last seen at 1,600 kilometers northeast of extreme Northern Luzon but with reduced chances of entering the country.

PAGASA had announced on October 2 the onset of La Niña in the country which will drag on until March 2021, where "near to above normal rainfall conditions" may be experienced beginning this month. 

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It has a 75% chance of developing into a full-blown La Niña and is seen to bring five to eight tropical cyclones with most expected to make landfall.