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Southwesterly windflow, Betty's trough to bring rain over Palawan, Visayas, Zamboanga, Northern Mindanao, Caraga


At 3 a.m. on Saturday, the center of the eye of Super Typhoon Betty was estimated at 1,345 kilometers east of Central Luzon with maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 240 km/h.

Betty is moving in the west northwest direction at a speed of 25 km/h.

The southwesterly windflow, meanwhile, will be affecting the western sections of Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, PAGASA reported.

Palawan, Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, and Caraga will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the  southwesterly windflow and the trough of Betty. Flash floods or landslides may occur in these areas 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 southwesterly windflow and localized thunderstorms with the possible occurrence of flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms.

The eastern sections of Luzon and Visayas will experience moderate to strong wind speed moving in the northeast to northwest direction while coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

Mindanao and Palawan will experience light to moderate wind speed moving in the southwest to west direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

The wind speed forecast for the rest of Luzon and Visayas is light to moderate moving in the northeast to northwest direction with slight to moderate coastal waters.

Sunrise will be at 5:26 a.m., sunset at 6:20 p.m. -- BAP, GMA Integrated News

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