LPA enters PAR, may intensify into first storm of 2025 - PAGASA

A low-pressure area (LPA) entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) early Friday morning, June 6, and may develop into the first tropical cyclone of 2025 within the next 24 hours, State weather bureau Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said.

- By JEL SANTOS

“Nakapasok na po ng Philippine Area of Responsibility ‘yung ating mino-monitor na low-pressure area dito sa may Pacific Ocean as of 2 a.m. (The low-pressure area we’ve been monitoring over the Pacific Ocean entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility as of 2 a.m.),” PAGASA weather specialist Benison Estareja reported.

The LPA was spotted 945 kilometers east of the Visayas as of 3 a.m.

Estareja noted that the chance of it intensifying into a tropical depression is now “moderate.”