AT 11:00 AM TODAY (22 OCTOBER), THE LOW PRESSURE AREA (LPA) WAS ESTIMATED BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA AT 435 KM EAST OF BORONGAN CITY, EASTERN SAMAR (12.00N, 129.40E) EMBEDDED ALONG THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE (ITCZ). THESE SYSTEMS WILL BRING CLOUDY SKIES, SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS, AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN AND CENTRAL VISAYAS AND CARAGA. MEANWHILE, BATANES AND BABUYAN ISLANDS WILL BE CLOUDY WITH LIGHT RAINS DUE TO THE NORTHEASTERLY SURFACE WINDFLOW. METRO MANILA AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY WILL HAVE A GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER CONDITION ASIDE FROM SOME ISOLATED RAINSHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS.

BY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY (23 - 24 OCTOBER), PALAWAN, VISAYAS, NORTHERN MINDANAO, CARAGA, AND ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA WILL EXPERIENCE CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS THE LPA EMBEDDED ALONG THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE (ITCZ) IS EXPECTED TO TRAVERSE THE VISAYAS-PALAWAN AREA. BATANES AND BABUYAN ISLANDS WILL BE CLOUDY WITH LIGHT RAINS DUE TO THE NORTHEASTERLY SURFACE WINDFLOW WHILE METRO MANILA AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY WILL EXPECT GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE MORNING AND ISOLATED RAINSHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY (26 - 27 OCTOBER), CLOUDY SKIES, SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS, AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EXPERIENCED OVER PALAWAN, MINDORO PROVINCES, CAVITE, AND BATANGAS AS THE LPA IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER THE WESTERN SEABOARD OF SOUTHERN LUZON. AND AS BOTH THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE (ITCZ) AND THE NORTHEASTERLY SURFACE WINDFLOW TEMPORARILY WEAKENS, THE REST OF THE COUNTRY WILL HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES WITH ISOLATED RAINSHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS.

THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE OUTLOOK PERIOD, (28 - 30 OCTOBER), THE LPA IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE PHILIPPINE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (PAR). A FRESH SURGE OF NORTHEASTERLY SURFACE WINDFLOW WILL BRING CLOUDY SKIES AND LIGHT RAINS OVER BATANES AND BABUYAN GROUP WHILE METRO MANILA AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY WILL EXPECT GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER CONDITIONS APART FROM SOME ISOLATED RAINSHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS.