Cloudy skies, scattered rains over Occidental Mindoro, Bataan, Zambales due to southwest monsoon

The southwest monsoon on Wednesday will bring cloudy skies, scattered rainshowers over parts of Luzon, PAGASA reported.

Occidental Mindoro, Bataan and Zambales will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms brought about by the southwest monsoon with possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

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

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

As of 3 a.m. on Wednesday, the tropical depression was located 1,780 kilometers east of southern Luzon with maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour, gustiness of up to 70 kph and moving northwestward at 15 kph.

Extreme northern Luzon will experience moderate to strong wind speed moving southwestward while coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

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

Sunrise will be at 5:29 a.m. and sunset at 6:28 p.m. -- BAP, GMA News