To: 09163047000 Type: Auto bId: rId: ID: 4275 [WEATHER UPDATE] Issued at 4:00 PM, 03 August 2021 SYNOPSIS: Southwest Monsoon affecting the country. At 3:00 PM today, a Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated based on all available data at 580 km Northeast of Itbayat, Batanes (24.4oN, 125.9oE). Forecast Weather Condition TROPICAL CYCLONES OUTSIDE PAR AT 3:00 PM TODAY: TROPICAL DEPRESSION, TROPICAL DEPRESSION, LOCATION: 3,025 KM EAST NORTHEAST OF EXTREME NORTHERN LUZON (27.5°N, 150.8°E) LOCATION: 850 KM WEST OF EXTREME NORTHERN LUZON (21.4°N, 113.7°E): MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 45 KM/H NEAR THE CENTER, MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 55 KM/H NEAR THE CENTER GUSTINESS: UP TO 55 KM/H, GUSTINESS: UP TO 70 KM/H: MOVEMENT: NORTH NORTHWESTWARD AT 30 KM/H MOVEMENT: EAST NORTHEASTWARD SLOWLY, Ilocos Region, Batanes, Babuyan group of Islands, Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Zambales, and Bataan, Monsoon rains: Southwest Monsoon, Possible flash floods or landslides during scattered to widespread moderate to at times heavy rains, Metro Manila, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, Cavite, Batangas, Rizal, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Palawan, and the rest of Cordillera Administrative Region and rest of Cagayan Valley Occasional rains: Southwest Monsoon, Possible flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains The rest of the country, Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms: Southwest Monsoon Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms, -SENT via HANDA