MANILA, Philippines – A low-pressure area outside the Philippine area of responsibility dumped light to moderate rains in Mindanao yesterday.

The low-pressure area was located yesterday morning at 1,125 kilometers southeast of Mindanao.

Weather forecaster Samuel Duran, however, said there is little chance that it would intensify into a tropical cyclone and enter the country.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), meanwhile, issued a rainfall advisory in the southern part of the country due to the trough of the weather system.

Covered in the advisory were provinces in the Zamboanga peninsula and most of the eastern and northern parts of Mindanao, including Davao provinces.

PAGASA said the northeast monsoon continues to affect the northern part of the country, particularly Ilocos, Cagayan Valley and Cordillera.

Residents in other parts of the country, including Metro Manila, were warned of isolated rainshowers caused by thunderstorms in the next few days.

Duran said a gale warning in the seaboards of Luzon was also issued due to the strong northeast monsoon.

“Moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast will prevail over Northern and Central Luzon and its coastal waters will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast with slight to moderate seas,” said PAGASA.