Cloudy skies, scattered rains over parts of the country due to monsoon trough

The monsoon trough will be affecting the country on Saturday over parts of Visayas and Mindanao, PAGASA reported.

Central and Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Caraga, Davao Region, Catanduanes, Sorsogon and Masbate will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms brought about by the monsoon trough with possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

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

The wind speed forecast for the whole country is light to moderate moving in the southwest to southeast direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

The weather bureau is also monitoring an active tropical cyclone outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).

As of 3 a.m., the Tropical Depression was located 1,005 kilometers west of northern Luzon with maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour and gustiness up to 75 kph and moving west northwestward at a speed of 20 kph.

The sun will rise by 5:27 a.m. and set by 6:25 p.m. --- BAP, GMA News