Cloudy skies, scattered rains over most of the Philippines due to the southwest monsoon

The southwest monsoon will be affecting the western section of the country on Wednesday, 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 due to the southwest monsoon and localized thunderstorms. The weather bureau warned that flash floods or landslides may occur during severe thunderstorms.

The wind speed in 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 west to southwest direction while coastal waters will remain slight to moderate.

The sun will rise at about 5:46 a.m. and set by 5:46 p.m. -- BAP, GMA News