Visayas, Palawan, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, Caraga will be cloudy with scattered rains due to ITCZ

An Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) will be affecting Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao on Thursday, PAGASA reported.

With this weather system, Visayas, Palawan, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, and Caraga will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms and the possibility of the occurrence of flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms. The weather bureau warned that flash floods or landslides may occur during severe thunderstorms.

The forecast wind speed for southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao is light to moderate moving in the east to southeast direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

For the rest of Luzon, wind speed is light to moderate moving in the southeast to southwest direction while coastal waters will remain slight to moderate.

Sunrise will be at about 5:35 a.m. while sunset will be at 6:29 p.m. -- BAP, GMA News