By GMA News Published May 26, 2026 4:23am + Add GMA on Google Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. The trough of Low Pressure Area (LPA) will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains over the eastern section of Mindanao on Tuesday, PAGASA reported.As of 2 a.m., the LPA is being monitored outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) and has a high chance of developing into a tropical depression within the next 24 hours.Forecast Weather ConditionsZamboanga Peninsula, BARMM, SOCCSKSARGEN, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental, and Palawan will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the southwesterly windflow. Flash floods or landslides may occur in these areas due to moderate to at times heavy rains.The rest of Mindanao will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the trough of the LPA and flash floods or landslides may occur due to moderate to at times heavy rains.Eastern Visayas will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the easterlies with flash floods or landslides possibly occurring during severe thunderstorms.Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to localized thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides may occur during severe thunderstorms.Forecast Wind and Coastal Water ConditionsThe wind speed forecast for Palawan is light to moderate and moving in the southwest to west direction with slight to moderate coastal areas.Mindanao will experience light to moderate wind speed moving in the northwest to west direction with slight to moderate coastal waters.The rest of Luzon will experience light to moderate wind speed moving in the southeast to southwest direction with slight to moderate coasal waters.The wind speed forecast for the Visayas will be light to moderate moving in the east to northeast direction with slight to moderate coastal waters.Sunrise will be at 5:26 a.m., Sunset at 6:20 p.m. — BAP, GMA News
LPA trough to bring cloudy skies, rains over eastern Mindanao
The trough of Low Pressure Area (LPA) will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains over the eastern section of Mindanao on Tuesday, PAGASA reported.
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A trough of Low Pressure Area (LPA) outside PAR — with high chance of developing into a tropical depression within 24 hours — is bringing scattered rains, thunderstorms and flash flood risk across Mindanao, Visayas, and Palawan on May 26. Operational teams with field assets or logistics in affected regions should monitor PAGASA updates closely as conditions may escalate rapidly.
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