STATE weather forecasters have monitored a new low pressure area off the coast of Palawan.

In its bulletin, PAGASA said that at 3 a.m. the LPA was located 135 kilometers west of Coron, Palawan.

The other LPA was last seen 860 km east of Eastern Visayas.

Bicol Region, Mimaropa, Quezon, Northern Samar, and Eastern Samar will experience cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms, while Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough coastal waters are forecast for Northern Luzon.

Light to moderate winds and slight to moderate coastal waters are expected for the rest of the country.