Potential first storm of 2021 to enter PAR Wednesday —PAGASA

A low pressure area (LPA) which may become the first storm of 2021 is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Wednesday, the latest wind map showed Tuesday.

In his report on “24 Oras,” GMA’s resident meteorologist Nathaniel “Mang Tani” Cruz said the LPA was last estimated at 1,235 kilometers east of Mindanao.

The LPA is highly likely to intensify into a storm and will be called “Auring” while inside PAR. It is going towards Mindanao.

At present, the LPA has no significant impact yet on the country.

Residents in Caraga and the Davao Region are advised to keep watch as the rains brought by the LPA are expected to be felt on Thursday morning.

PAGASA earlier announced that the tail-end of a frontal system would bring cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms over the Visayas and Mindanao.—Joahna Lei Casilao/LDF, GMA News