(UPDATE) MANILA, Philippines — The low pressure area (LPA) west of Luzon has turned into a tropical depression (TD), to be called Lannie, which is forecast to bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms over Northern Luzon areas, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said early Saturday morning.

In its 3 a.m. weather update, Pagasa said that Lannie’s eye was estimated at 315 kilometers west of Sinait, Ilocos Sur. It has maximum sustained winds of 45 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 55 kph, and it is moving westward at 15 kph.

Lannie will bring cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over the Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Cagayan Valley.

According to Pagasa, Lannie is seen to exit the Philippine area of responsibility either Saturday morning or early afternoon.

Meanwhile, the southwest monsoon (habagat) will continue to prevail over Metro Manila, Central Luzon, Mimaropa and Calabarzon, bringing scattered rain showers or thunderstorms.

The rest of the country will have scattered rain showers due to localized thunderstorms.

‘Lannie’ to bring rain over NLuzon, southwest monsoon to affect Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Mimaropa —Pagasa

Pagasa added that the western section of Northern Luzon would have moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough coastal waters. The rest of the country would have Light to moderate winds and slight to moderate seas., This news data comes from:http://ovm.052298.com