LPA, ITCZ to bring scattered rain showers over parts of the country

A low pressure area (LPA) and intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) will bring cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, PAGASA said on Wednesday.

The LPA was located 180 kilometers south southeast of Zamboanga City as of 3 p.m., the weather bureau reported.

According to PAGASA’s 4 p.m. weather forecast, Visayas, Mindanao, Bicol Region, Romblon, and Palawan will experience cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms with possible flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains.

Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to easterlies and localized thunderstorms.

Residents were advised of possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms.

Coastal waters would be light to moderate throughout the country.

Maximum temperature is 33°C at 1:50 p.m. and the minimum temperature is 25°C at 5 a.m., PAGASA said.—Mel Matthew Doctor/LDF, GMA News