ITCZ, easterlies to bring cloudy skies, rains over parts of PH

The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) will have cloudy skies with scattered rains over Palawan and the western section of Mindanao while the easterlies will be affecting Visayas and the rest of Luzon, PAGASA reported.

The Tropical Cyclone outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), Typhoon Champi, is located 1,720 kilometers east of Southeastern Luzon packing maximum sustained winds of 175 kilometers per hour near the center, gusiness of up to 215 km/h, and moving in the west northwest direction at the speed of 25 km/h.

Forecast Weather Conditions

Zamboanga Peninsula, Basilan, Tawi-Tawi, and Palawan will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the ITCZ and flash floods or landslides may occur due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Bicol Region, Quezon, Marinduque, Romblon, and Oriental Mindoro will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the easterlies and flash floods or landslides may occur due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Metro Manila, the rest of Luzon, and the rest of Visayas will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms also due to the easterlies and flash floods or landslides may occur during severe thunderstorms.

The rest of Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to localized thunderstorms and flash floods or landslides may occur during severe thunderstorms.

Forecast Wind and Coastal Water Conditions

The wind speed forecast for Luzon is light to moderate moving in the northeast to east direction with slight to moderate coastal waters.

In the Visayas, wind speed forecast is light to moderate and moving in the northeast to northwest direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

Mindanao residents will experience light to moderate wind speed moving in the northwest to west direction with slight to moderate coastal waters.

Sunrise will be at 5:48 a.m., sunset at 5:34 p.m. — BAP, GMA News