Easterlies to bring cloudy skies, isolated rain over Philippines

The effects of the easterlies will be felt in various parts of the country on Friday, 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 forecasted Heat Index for Metro Manila range from a minimum of 39 degrees Celsius to a maximum of 40 degrees Celsius.

The heat index is the measure of the temperature that a person feels in contrast to the actual air temperature.

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

Sunrise will be at 5:35 a.m., sunset at 6:12 p.m. -- BAP, GMA Integrated News