MANILA, Philippines – A low-pressure area (LPA) has been spotted outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), but is unlikely to affect the country, the state-run weather agency said on Sunday. Weather specialist Veronica Torres of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said in a 5 a.m. briefing that the LPA, which was estimated to be 1, 710 kilometers east of northeastern Mindanao, also has a slim chance to enter PAR. “In fact, it was not seen to intensify into a tropical depression in the coming days,” Torres said. She said two weather systems – the northeast monsoon, locally known as ‘amihan’, and the easterlies – have been prevailing in most parts of the archipelago. These weather systems have been bringing scattered and isolated rain showers and thunderstorms, but hot and humid weather is likely during late morning until mid-afternoon, according to the Pagasa forecaster. In particular, Metro Manila, Ilocos Region, Occidental Mindoro, the rest of Central Luzon, and the rest of CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) would likely have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains due to the effect of amihan, the national weather bureau said. The rest of the country, meanwhile, could experience partly cloudy to overcast skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the easterlies – winds that carry warm and humid weather, it added.