Scattered rains over parts of PH due to ITCZ, easterlies

The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting southern Mindanao while the easterlies will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains over the rest of the country on Thursday, PAGASA reported.

Meanwhile, at 3:00 AM today, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated based on all available data at 360 kilometers west of Bacnotan, La Union and will have no direct effect.

Davao Region, SOCCSKSARGEN, Surigao del Sur, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the ITCZ with the possible occurrence of flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Aurora and Quezon will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the easterlies with the possibility that flash floods or landslides will occur 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 easterlies with flash floods or landslides possibly occurring during severe thunderstorms.

The wind speed forecast for Luzon is light to moderate moving in the east to southeast direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

Visayas and Mindanao will experience light to moderate wind speed moving in the southeast to northeast direction while coastal waters will remain slight to moderate.

Sunrise will be at 5:28 a.m., sunset at 6:27 p.m. — BAP, GMA Integrated News