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According to PAGASA, the new LPA will be called "Ester" once it reaches the Tropical Storm (TS) category.
Weather forecaster Mario Palafox, in his latest weather report revealed that the LPA was lately spotted and estimated based on all available data at 510 km East of Borongan, Eastern Samar (11.4˚N, 130.6˚E) while ridge of High Pressure Area (HPA), stretching across Northern Luzon.
Palafox said that the chances of this new LPA turning into a tropical storm is approximately less than 50%.
“Mga less than 50% po ang chance niyang maging bagyo," Mr. Palafox explicated.
The newly-spotted LPA is expected to cause cloudy skies, with small to moderate rainfalls and thunderstorms across Eastern Visayas, particularly over the provinces of Samar and Bicol region.
Partly cloudy to cloudy weather is expected to transpire in the entire country with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly occuring in the afternoon or evening.
PAGASA is also detecting yet another LPA approaching the Philippine Area of Responsibility, to date. The Philippine weather bureau further said it will likely take three more days for this new LPA to enter PAR.
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