Easterlies to bring cloudy skies, isolated rains over NCR, the rest of the Philippines

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers brought about by the easterlies that will be affecting Luzon on Friday, PAGASA reported in its early morning forecast.

Localized thunderstorms, aside from the easterlies, are expected with flash floods or landslides possibly occurring during severe thunderstorms.

The wind speed forecast for Luzon is light to moderate moving in the east to northeast direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

In the Visayas and Mindanao, wind speed forecast is light to moderate moving in the northeast to northwest direction while coastal waters will remain slight to moderate.

The sun will rise by 5:45 a.m. and set by 5:51 p.m. -- BAP, GMA News