Habagat to bring cloudy skies, scattered rains over parts of northern, central Luzon

The southwest monsoon or habagat will be affecting the western sections of northern and central Luzon on Wednesday, PAGASA reported.

Ilocos Region, Zambales, and Bataan will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms brought about by the southwest monsoon or habagat with possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the southwest 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 south direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

Mindanao will experience light to moderate moving in the south to southwest direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

Sunrise will be at 5:42 a.m., sunset at 6:18 p.m. -- BAP, GMA News