Pilandok enhances monsoon outside PAR

MANILA, Philippines — Rains are expected to drench parts of Luzon and the Visayas as tropical storm Krovanh, with the local name Pilandok, continues to enhance the southwest monsoon or habagat, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said.

Based on the latest weather satellite as of 4 p.m. yesterday, the eye of Pilandok was last located at 1,035 kilometers east-northeast of extreme northern Luzon.

It was packing winds of 65 kms per hour with gusts of 80 kph.

Pilandok is not expected to reenter the Philippine area of responsibility as it is moving eastward at 10 kph.

However, it is heavily influencing the monsoon, bringing rains in many parts of Luzon and the Visayas in the coming days.