A LOW pressure area over the Pacific Ocean is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility and intensify into a tropical depression by Saturday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Friday.
Pagasa weather forecaster Glaiza Escullar said the LPA was still 1,700 km east of Mindanao, but once it enters the PAR and intensifies into a tropical cyclone, it will be named “Nonoy.” the 14th to affect the country this year.
Nonoy has a slim chance of making landfall but it will affect the eastern side of Visayas and Mindanao.
The state weather bureau still expects one more cyclone to affect the country before the year ends.
Meanwhile, fair weather is seen in most parts of the country on weekend except for isolated rain showers.
The trough or extended cloudiness of the LPA will bring cloudy skies with light to moderate rains and isolated thunderstorms over the provinces of Sarangani, South Cotabato and Davao Del Sur.
With the presence of northeast monsoon, locally called “hanging amihan,” cloudy skies with light rains is expected over Batanes and the islands of Calayan and Babuyan while partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains will be experienced over Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon.
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms will prevail over the rest of the country.
In its advisory, Pagasa said moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast will prevail over northern Luzon, and its coastal waters will be moderate to rough.
Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast to north with slight to moderate seas.
The state weather bureau said no gale warning has been issued and it is still safe for fisherfolk to venture into the seas.