Cloudy skies, rains over parts of northern and central Luzon, Mindanao due to the northeast monsoon, ITCZ

The northeast monsoon will be affecting northern and central Luzon on Wednesday while the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) will affect Mindanao, PAGASA reported.

Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have cloudy skies with rains brought about by the northeast monsoon with possible flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains.

Isabela, Aurora, and mainland Cagayan will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the shear line with possible flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains.

Caraga, Davao Oriental, Davao de Oro, and Leyte Provinces will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the ITCZ with possible flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains.

Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and the rest of Cagayan Valley and of Central Luzon will have partly cloudy skies with isolated light rains due to the northeast monsoon with no significant impact.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to localized thunderstorms / ITCZ with possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorm.

The wind speed forecast for northern and central Luzon is moderate to strong moving northeastward while coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

The rest of the country will experience light to moderate wind speed moving in the east to northeast direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

Sunrise will be at 6:01 a.m. while sunset will be at 5:24 p.m. -- BAP, GMA News