LPA, Habagat to bring scattered rains over Metro Manila, Visayas, 8 areas

Metro Manila, Visayas, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol Region, Zamboanga Peninsula, Pangasinan, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms on Saturday due to a Low Pressure Area (LPA) and the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat), PAGASA reported.

At 3 a.m. Saturday, the LPA was estimated to be located at 140 kilometers north northwest of Dagupan City, Pangasinan while the monsoon or Habagat is affecting Southern Luzon and Visayas, PAGASA said.

Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains may occur in Metro Manila, Visayas, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol Region, Zamboanga Peninsula, Pangasinan, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino.

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

The wind speed forecast for Luzon and Visayas is light to moderate moving in the southwest to southeast direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

Mindanao will experience light to moderate wind speed moving southward while coastal waters will be light to moderate.

Sunrise was at 5:41 a.m., while sunset will be at 6:24 p.m. —BAP/KG, GMA News