Eastern Visayas, Caraga, Davao to have scattered rains due to LPA

The trough of a low pressure area (LPA) located east of General Santos City will bring cloudy skies, scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over Eastern Visayas, Caraga and Davao Region on Sunday, PAGASA said in its early morning forecast.

These areas may have flash floods or landslides during times of moderate to heavy rains.

At 3 a.m., the LPA was located at 1,010 km east of General Santos City, Cotabato.

Meanwhile, the Northeast Monsoon (Amihan) is affecting Northern Luzon.

Cagayan Valley and the Cordillera Administrative Region will have cloudy skies with light rains, while the Ilocos Region will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains.

As for Metro Manila and the rest of the country, these areas will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers due to localized thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides may occur during severe thunderstorms.

Coastal waters will be moderate to rough in the seaboards of the eastern sections of Luzon and Visayas. Waves may reach as high as 3.7 meters in these areas.

The seas will be slight to moderate meanwhile in the rest of the country.

Sunrise will be at 6:23 a.m. while sunset will be at 5:58 p.m. —KG, GMA News