MANILA, Philippines — A low-pressure area (LPA) spotted outside the Philippine area of responsibility may develop into a tropical cyclone, state weather forecasters said yesterday.
As of 4 p.m., the LPA was located at 2,905 kilometers east of Southeastern Mindanao.
The weather disturbance is not expected to affect the country in the next two to three days, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to the southwest monsoon will prevail today in Abra, Batanes and Babuyan Islands as well as Ilocos region.
Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms.
Angat water level continues to dip
Meanwhile, the water level in Angat Dam in Bulacan has continued to recede, dropping to P155.19 meters at 2 p.m. yesterday from the previous day’s 155.91 meters.
Data from the Bulacan provincial disaster risk reduction and management office showed the elevation was 4.81 and 24.81 meters below its critical and minimum operating levels of 160 and 180 meters, respectively.
The figure was below its lowest water level of 157.56 meters recorded in July 2010.
In 2010 and 2019, cloud-seeding operations were conducted over the Angat watershed to raise the water level.
Earlier, Sevillo David Jr., chief of the National Water Resources Board, said the NWRB would review water allocation and management of Angat as well as coordinate with PAGASA about the viability of cloud-seeding.