PALAWAN— After experiencing heavy rains earlier this month due to the shear line, Palawan is now affected by the trough of a low-pressure area (LPA) outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).
The LPA was last spotted approximately 260 kilometers west-northwest of Pagasa Island in Kalayaan, Palawan.
According to the state weather bureau, while its trough is bringing scattered rains and thunderstorms to Palawan, the LPA has little chance of developing into a tropical depression or entering PAR while the system is moving toward Vietnam.
Meanwhile, the convergence of the cold northeast monsoon and warm easterly winds—known as the shear line—is expected to bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and isolated thunderstorms over Isabela, Aurora, and Quezon.
The easterlies are also affecting Metro Manila, Mindanao, and other parts of the country, where isolated rain showers and thunderstorms are likely within the next 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the northeast monsoon, locally known as “amihan,” continues to bring partly cloudy to overcast skies with isolated light rains over the Cordillera Administrative Region, the rest of Cagayan Valley, Ilocos Region, and the remaining areas of Central Luzon.
