ITCZ to bring scattered rains over Mindanao, Eastern Visayas, Palawan

The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) will be affecting Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao on Thursday, PAGASA reported in its early morning forecast.

Mindanao, Eastern Visayas, and Palawan will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms brought about by the ITCZ 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 ITCZ and localized thunderstorms with possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms.

The wind speed forecast for Luzon is light to moderate moving northeastward while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

In the Visayas and Mindanao, wind speed will be light to moderate moving in the east to northeast direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

Sunrise will be at 5:46 a.m., sunset at 5:42 p.m. -- BAP, GMA News