LPA off northern Luzon is now tropical depression Nika: PAGASA

MANLA – An area of ​​low pressure off northern Luzon intensified into tropical depression Nika on Sunday night, as winds from the southwest threatened to bring rain in parts of the country, the state meteorological office said.

The LPA west of the Ilocos Sur province became the country’s 14th storm this year at 8 pm, PAGASA said on Twitter.

The agency said Nika would generally move west or west to northwest over the northern part of the Western Philippine Sea between tonight and Tuesday night.

You are also likely to be leaving the Philippines Area of ​​Responsibility (PAR) between Monday morning and afternoon.

In its 11 p.m. weather bulletin, PAGASA said that Nika was seen 200 kilometers southwest of Sinatit, Ilocos Sur at 10 p.m., with maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center, with gusts of up to 70 kph.

It is moving west at 15 km / h.

Nika, combined with the effects of the southwest monsoon or habagat will bring moderate to heavy rains over southern Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Montaña Province, Ifugao, Benguet, La Unión, Pangasinan, Central Luzon, Rizal and northern Quezon, including the Polillo Islands. .

Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon can experience light to moderate rainfall with heavy rain at times.

Floods, including flash floods and rain-induced landslides, can also occur during heavy or prolonged rains, especially in areas prone to landslides and flooding.

La Niña, a weather pattern characterized by more frequent rains than normal, has a 75 percent chance of becoming “full” this month or in November, the state meteorological office previously said.

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