To: 09163047000 Type: Auto bId: rId: ID: 4292 [WEATHER UPDATE] Issued at 4:00 AM, 04 August 2021 SYNOPSIS: Southwest Monsoon affecting the country. At 3:00 AM today, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated based on all available data at 550 km Northeast of Itbayat, Batanes (24.5oN, 125.4oE). Forecast Weather Condition ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE OUTSIDE PAR AS OF 3:00 AM TODAY: TROPICAL DEPRESSION, LOCATION: 735 KM WEST OF EXTREME NORTHERN LUZON (21.1°N, 114.8°E), MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 55 KM/H NEAR THE CENTER GUSTINESS: UP TO 70 KM/H: MOVEMENT: EAST SOUTHEASTWARD SLOWLY, Ilocos Region, Batanes, Babuyan 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, Nueva Ecija, Cavite, Batangas, Occidental Mindoro, northern Palawan including Calamian and Kalayaan Islands, and the rest of Cordillera Administrative Region and 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