Southwest monsoon to bring cloudy skies, isolated rains over Metro Manila, parts of the country

The southwest monsoon will be affecting extreme northern Luzon on Friday, PAGASA reported in its early morning forecast.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers brought about by the southwest monsoon and localized thunderstorms. The bureau warned that flash floods or landslides may occur during severe thunderstorms.

The weather bureau continues to monitor the active tropical cyclone outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), Typhoon Haishen, which was estimated at 1,440 kilometers east of extreme norther Luzon with maximum sustained winds of 165 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 205 kph and moving in the west northwestward direction at 15 kph.

The wind speed forecast for northern and central Luzon is light to moderate and moving in the northwest to west direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

In the Visayas and the rest of Luzon, wind speed will be light to moderate moving southwestward while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

In Mindanao, the wind speed will be light to moderate and moving in the southeast to southwest direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

The sun rise will be at about 5:44 a.m. and set by 6:06 p.m. -- BAP, GMA News