THE LOW PRESSURE AREA OF WEST OF EXTREME NORTHERN LUZON HAS DEVELOPED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AND WAS NAMED "GORING". AT 10:00 AM TODAY (JULY 19), IT WAS ESTIMATED AT 190 KM OF NORTH NORTHWEST OF BASCO, BATANES WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 KMH AND GUSTINESS OF UP TO 60 KMH . IT IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 KMH. "GORING" WILL BRING RAINS AND OCCASIONAL GUSTY WINDS OVER BATANES. IT IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE PAR IN BETWEEN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW EARLY MORNING(JULY 20). ON THE OTHER HAND, THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON WILL CONTINUE TO BRING RAINS OVER ILOCOS REGION, ZAMBALES AND BATAAN. RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY "GORING" AND THE "HABAGAT" ARE ALERTED AGAINST POSSIBLE FLASHFLOODS AND LANDSLIDES. MEANWHILE, METRO MANILA, CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, CALABARZON, MINDORO PROVINCES, PALAWAN AND THE REST OF CENTRAL LUZON WILL HAVE CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE REST OF THE COUNTRY WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED RAINSHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS.

BY SUNDAY (JULY 21), THE "HABAGAT" WILL BRING CLOUDY SKIES AND SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM OVER BATANES, ILOCOS REGION AND CORDILLERA ADMINSTRATIVE REGION. METRO MANILA AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY WILL HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES WITH ISOLATED RAINSHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. A LOW PRESSURE AREA(LPA) IS EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THE PHILIPPINE SEA ADJACENT TO THE EASTERN SECTION OF THE VISAYAS-MINDANAO AREA.

THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE OUTLOOK PERIO(JULY 22 - 26), THE "HABAGAT" WILL TEMPORARY WEAKEN. THE LPA IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE WHILE A RIDGE OF A HIGH PRESSURE AREA WILL BE THE DOMINANT WEATHER SYSTEM TO AFFECT LUZON. THE WHIOLE COUNTRY WILL EXPERIENCE PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES WITH SOME ISOLATED RAINSHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY IN THE AFTRENOON OR EVENING.

THIS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE UPDATED IF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE WEATHER CONDITION OCCUR.