Cloudy skies, scattered rains over Visayas, Zamboanga, BARMM, Palawan due to ITCZ, LPA

Cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms brought about by the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and Low Pressure Area (LPA) Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, BARMM, and Palawan, PAGASA reported in its early morning forecast.

As of 3 a.m. on Saturday, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated at 75 kilometers southeast of Tacloban City, Leyte embedded along the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) will be affecting Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao.

Meanwhile, another LPA was estimated at 100 kilometers west southwest of Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte.

Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, BARMM, and Palawan will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms brought about by the ITCZ and LPA with possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms.

Batanes and Babuyan Islands will hjave cloudy skies with light rains Ndue to the northeasterly surface windflow with no significant impact.

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

Northern Luzon will experience moderate to strong wind speed moving northeastward while coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

The rest of the country will experience light to moderate wind speed moving in the northeast to northwest direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

The sun will rise by 5:49 a.m. and set by 5:32 p.m. -- BAP, GMA News