Scattered rain expected over eastern PHL, Palawan; LPA may enter PAR Tuesday

The Eastern Visayas, Caraga, and Davao Regions, as well as Palawan, could expect cloudy conditions accompanied with scattered rain and thunderstorm due to the trough of a low-pressure area, weather service PAGASA predicted in a Christmas day forecast.

PAGASA said the low pressure area located 1,060 kilometers east of Mindanao as of 3 a.m. Tuesday may enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility within the day. It may develop into a tropical cyclone.

The northeast monsoon would meanwhile bring cloudy conditions with light to moderate rain over the Batanes and Babuyan Islands; as well as cloudy conditions with light rain over Central Luzon and the rest of northern Luzon.

The northeast monsoon would also be responsible for the partly cloudy to cloudy conditions and isolated light rain over the rest of Luzon.

Metro Manila will experience improved weather conditions with isolated rain showers. Temperature in Metro Manila will range from 23 to 30 degrees Celsius.

Over the rest of the country, partly cloudy to cloudy conditions accompanied with isolated rainshowers could be expected.

Winds would be strong from the northeast over extreme northern Luzon, where coastal waters would be rough to very rough.

A gale warning has been raised over Batanes, Calayan, Babuyan Islands, Ilocos Norte, and the northern coast of Cagayan where waves of up to 5 meters are expected due to the surge of the northeast monsoon.

Over the rest of Luzon and the eastern sections of the Visayas and Mindanao, winds would be moderate to strong from the northeast with moderate to rough surrounding sea conditions.

Finally, winds over the rest of the country would be light to moderate from the northeast to northwest with slight to moderate coastal waters. —DVM/KG, GMA News