MANILA - Tropical depression Egay is forecast to weaken into a low pressure area within 24 hours, the state weather bureau said Monday.

Tropical cyclone signal no. 1 remains hoisted over Batanes, while it has been raised over Babuyan Group of Islands.

As of 4 a.m., PAGASA said Egay was last spotted 205 kilometers east of Calayan, Cagayan, with maximum winds of 45 km per hour and gusts of up to 60 kph.

Egay, which is moving northwest at 40 kph, will continue to enhance the southwest monsoon.

Metro Manila, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Central Luzon, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, Antique, Aklan, and western Iloilo may experience light to moderate with at times heavy monsoon rains.

The rest of Luzon and Western Visayas will, meantime, experience scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms.

PAGASA advised residents at risk of flooding and landslides to exercise caution and continue monitoring for weather updates.

Meantime, the low pressure area sighted outside the Philippine area of responsibility was last estimated 575 kilometers west of northern Luzon.

PAGASA said the brewing storm is unlikely to enter PAR and will instead head for China.

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