LPA to bring cloudy skies, scattered rains over Metro Manila, nearby areas

The Low Pressure Area (LPA) early Thursday morning was estimated at 655 kilometers east of Infanta, Quezon will affect some parts of Luzon while the southwest monsoon will be affecting Palawan, Visayas and Mindanao, PAGASA reported in its morning forecast.

Metro Manila, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon and CALABARZON will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms brought about by the LPA with the possibility that flash floods or landslides occurring during severe thunderstorms.

The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to the southwest monsoon and 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), Tropical Storm Dolphin (formerly Marce), is located 2,500 kilometers northeast of extreme northern Luzon with maximum sustained winds at 85 kilometers per hour with gustiness up to 105 kph moving east northeast at 25 kph.

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

The rest of the country will have light to moderate wind speed moving in the southwest to west direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

Sunrise will be at 5:45 while the sunset will be at 5:51 p.m. -- BAP, GMA News