Cloudy skies, scattered rain over parts of Luzon due to southwest monsoon

Cloudy skies, scattered rains and thunderstorms over parts of Luzon on Thursday brought about by the southwest monsoon, PAGASA reported in its early morning forecast.

Metro Manila, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, and central Luzon 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.

The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to the southwest monsoon / localized thunderstorms with possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms.

Wind speed forecast for Luzon is moderate to strong moving in the southwest to southeast direction while coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

Visayas and Mindanao will experience  light to moderate wind speed moving in the southwest to northwest direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

The sun will rise by 5:47 a.m. and set by 5:37 p.m. -- BAP, GMA News