MANILA, Philippines – A low pressure area (LPA) has been spotted outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) but is unlikely to directly 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, has also a slim chance of entering PAR. “In fact, it was not seen to intensify into a tropical depression in the coming days,” Torres said. She said two weather systems – northeast monsoon or "amihan" and the easterlies – have been prevailing in most parts of the archipelago. These weather systems have been bringing scattered and isolated rains and thunderstorms but hot and humid weather will be felt especially 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) will likely have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains owing to the effect of amihan, the national weather bureau said. The rest of the country, meanwhile, will be experiencing partly cloudy to overcast skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the easterlies – winds that carry warm and humid weather – it added.