Filipinos' first Holy Week outdoors after two years of lockdowns will likely be rainy in the Visayas and Mindanao due to two weather systems, PAGASA said Friday.
A low pressure area east of Mindanao has a high chance of intensifying into the first storm or the year, to be named Agaton. At 3 a.m., it was spotted 350 kilometers east northeast of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, said weather forecaster Raymond Ordinario.
There's also a tropical depression 2,270 kilometers east of Mindanao, which could enter the country by Monday, he said. In case both storms enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility, the second one will be named Basyang.
"Malakas po ang tsansa ng mga pag-ulan natin dyan sa Kabisayaan including the Palawan area dahil po aktibo pa rin ang intertropical convergence zone na puwedeng magdulot nga ng pag-ulan especially in Visayas, Mindanao, Palawan area," he told TeleRadyo.
"Planuhin na lang po nila nang maayos 'yung kanilang magiging lakad po sa paparating na long weekend."
Metro Manila will likely experience fair weather until Holy Monday with isolated rainshowers during afternoon or evening, said weather forecaster Ezra Bulquerin.
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