ITCZ to bring rains over Visayas, Mindanao, 4 areas

At 3 a.m. on Friday, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated at 245 kilometers east of General Santos City and embedded along the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao, PAGASA reported.

Visayas, Mindanao, MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, Quezon, and the southern portion of Aurora  will experience cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the ITCZ with possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate with 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 localized thunderstorms with possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms.

Extreme Northern Luzon will experience moderate to strong wind speed moving in the east to northeast direction while coastal waters remain moderate to rough.

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

Sunrise will be at 5:58 a.m., sunset at 5:24 p.m. -- BAP, GMA Integral News