A low pressure area (LPA) is likely to form or enter the Philippine area of responsibility by the end of this week, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Tuesday.

The state weather bureau said it wass monitoring a low-pressure area (LPA), which formed off Batanes and inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), early morning of Friday. The LPA’s location as of the last monitoring of Pagasa was at 745 kilometers east-southeast of Itbayat,

A low pressure area (LPA) monitored in the east of extreme Northern Luzon developed into a tropical depression locally named as ‘Igme’ with tropical cyclone wind signal no. 1 raised over the province of Batanes.

The low pressure area (LPA) off Batanes developed into a tropical depression now called "Igme," the state-run weather agency said on Friday. Estimated at 530 kilometers east-northeast of Itbayat, Batanes,