LPA may enter Philippine area on Friday, develop into Auring

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MANILA — A low pressure area (LPA) that formed over the Philippine Sea early Thursday may enter the Philippine area of responsibility by Friday, June 6.

The trough or extension of the LPA will bring scattered rains over parts of Eastern Visayas and Caraga regions.

Weather bureau PAGASA said that while the chance of the LPA forming into a tropical cyclone in the next 24 hours was low, it could develop into a storm by weekend or early next week.

It would be the first storm in the country this 2025 and be assigned the local name Auring.

Initial forecasts show that the potential storm may track northwestward towards Northern Luzon but the uncertainty remains high.

Possible enhancement of the southwest monsoon or habagat may also bring heavy rains over the western sections of the country next week.

Having the country's first storm of the year in June is considered late. Since 1995, this has only happened once, in 2016 when tropical depression Ambo formed over the Philippine Sea in late June.

The peaks of the typhoon and habagat seasons usually coincide from July to September.

This year, the weather bureau forecasts 9 to 16 tropical cyclones to form inside or enter the PAR from June to October.

Rainy season is here - PAGASA 

PAGASA announced the start of the rainy season on June 2 after the required amount of rainfall and presence of habagat were recorded in its monitoring stations over western Philippines.

Normal rainfall and onset expected this rainy season: PAGASA

State climatologists earlier said this year's rainy season would be “normal” but flooding, landslides, and hazards should still be expected. 

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