A LOW pressure area (LPA) spotted outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) may intensify into the country's first tropical depression in 2019 when it enters either this Friday or Saturday, the state-run weather bureau said.

The weather disturbance was last seen 2,395 kilometers (km) east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) in an early advisory on Thursday.

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