Habagat to prevail, bring rains on SONA Day

The Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) continues to prevail over the Philippines on Monday and will bring rains on the day President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will give his State of the Nation Address (SONA), PAGASA said.

The Ilocos Region, Abra, Benguet, Zambales, and Bataan will have occasional rains. Moderate to heavy rains may possibly result in floods or landslides.

In its heavy rainfall outlook issued at 5 a.m., PAGASA said 50 to 10 mm of rainfall may affect Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Abra, Benguet, Zambales, and Bataan.

Metro Manila, Cagayan Valley, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, the rest of Cordillera Administrative Region, and the rest of Central Luzon may expect cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides may result due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

The rest of the country on the other hand will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rains or thunderstorms. During severe thunderstorms, flash floods or landslides may possibly occur.

Coastal waters will be rough in Extreme Northern Luzon, and moderate to rough in the western section of Luzon. The rest of the country will have slight to moderate coastal waters.

Sunrise was at 5:38 a.m. while sunset will be at 6:27 p.m.

Co-May and Krosa

Meanwhile, PAGASA is also monitoring two weather cyclones outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).

Tropical Storm Co-May, formerly known as Emong when it was inside PAR, was estimated to be last located early Monday at 985 km northeast of Extreme Northern Luzon. It has maximum sustained winds of 75 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 90 km/h.

Co-May is moving northwestward at 15 km/h. DOST-PAGASA weather specialist Obet Badrina, in the weather bureau's public weather forecast, said Co-May is heading toward China.

Typhoon Krosa, on the other hand, was last located early Monday at 2,455 km east northeast of Extreme Northern Luzon, packing maximum sustained winds of 130 km/h near the center and with gustiness of up to 160 km/h. Krosa is moving northward at 30 km/h.

"Hindi inaasahan na papasok ito ng PAR (It is not expected that this will enter PAR)," Badrina said.

Both Co-May and Krosa will enhance the Southwest Monsoon, he added. —KG, GMA Integrated News