Weather Today – October 22, 2015 | #LANDOPH weakens into LPA

The Low Pressure Area (LPA), formerly known as Tropical Depression “Lando”, was last spotted at 160 kilometers east-southeast of Basco, Batanes. PAGASA Weather Forecaster Gener Quitlong says the LPA is expected to dissipate within the next two to three days. It continues to weaken due to the cold air associated with the northeast monsoon or “amihan”.

Storm signals are now terminated. However, the LPA will bring cloudy skies with light to moderate rains and isolated thunderstorms in the regions of Ilocos, Apayao, Batanes and Cagayan, including Calayan and the Babuyan Group of Islands. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with chances of isolated thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening.

Gale warning is still up over the northern seaboards of Northern Luzon, thus, fishing boats are not allowed to venture as rough to very rough sea conditions may prevail. Larger sea vessels are alerted against big waves.

Meanwhile, two other cyclones are being monitored outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), but Quitlong says both of these have a slim chance of entering our boundary. The Philippines may be cyclone-free within the next three to seven days.

Quitlong also explains that tropical cyclones during this month are not always the strong ones. Lando has reached Typhoon category because it lingered over the ocean, where it accumulated an ample amount of moisture and heat. Because El Niño is taking place over the Central and Eastern Equatorial Pacific, it somehow contributed to the intensification of Lando.

“Walang Pasok”

Due the effect of Lando, some classes are still suspended in different areas of Luzon.