Cloudy skies, scattered rains over parts of northern Luzon due to Trough of typhoon

The Trough of Typhoon Saudel (formerly Pepito) will bring cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms to Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Pangasinan, Zambales, Bataan, Occidental Mindoro, and Palawan on Friday, according to the early morning forecast posted by PAGASA.

Flash floods or landslides may occur in these areas, the weather bureau added, due to scattered light to moderate rains.

The Northeasterly Surface Windflow is also expected to affect Extreme Northern Luzon.

Saudel, as of 3 a.m. on Friday, is outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility and is located 520 kilometers east of northern Luzon with maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 170 kph moving north northwestward slowly.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms and possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms.

The wind speed forecast for extreme Northern Luzon is moderate to strong moving northeasterly while coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

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

The sun will rise at 5:49 a.m. and set by 5:32 p.m. -- BAP, GMA News