The low pressure area (LPA) being monitored inside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) is not expected to make landfall in the country, although it may develop into a tropical cyclone this weekend, the state weather bureau said on Friday.
Designated as 08i, the LPA was located 720 kilometers (km) east of Itbayat, Batanes as of 3 a.m., Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) weather specialist Obet Badrina said in the agency’s forecast on Friday morning.
‘Posible pa rin ito maging bagyo, lalo na this coming weekend, pero hindi naman ito magkakaroon ng direktang epekto sa ating bansa. Hindi natin ito inaasahang mag-landfall sa Pilipinas,’ Badrina explained.
(This may develop into a tropical cyclone, especially this coming weekend, but it won’t have a direct effect on our country. We don’t expect this to make landfall in the Philippines.)
‘Ang magiging direksyon nitong low pressure area kung sakaling maging bagyo ay sa bahagi naman ng Taiwan,’ he added.
(The direction of this low pressure area, if it does become a tropical cyclone, is towards Taiwan.)
In Pagasa’s latest tropical cyclone formation outlook, the weather bureau said LPA 08i had a medium chance of developing into a tropical depression within the next 24 hours as of 2 a.m. on Friday.
If the LPA develops into a tropical cyclone, it will be given the local name Pilandok, Badrina noted