Easterlies to bring isolated rain over NCR, rest of the country

The ridge of High Pressure Area (HPA) is extending over Northern and Central Luzon on Thursday, PAGASA reported.

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

The wind speed forecast for Northern and Central Luzon will experience light to moderate moving in the east to southeast direction while coastal waters will be light to moderate.

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

Sunrise will be at 5:59 a.m., sunset at 6:07 p.m. -- BAP, GMA Integrated News