Rainy weather over parts of PH due to Typhoon Rosal, says PAGASA

Cloudy skies with rain showers and thunderstorms over parts of the country on Friday due to Typhoon Rosal, PAGASA reported.

As of 3 a.m., the center of the eye of Typhoon Rosal was estimated at 280 kilometers east northeast of Itbayat, Batanes with maximum sustained winds of 155 kilometers per hour near the center, gustiness of up to 190 km/h and moving northwestward at 15 km/h.

Forecast Weather Conditions

Batanes will be stormy due to Typhoon Rosal and flash floods or landslides may occur due to heavy to at times intense rains. Minor to moderate threat to life and property due to strong winds.

Ilocos Norte, Apayao, Cagayan, and Isabela will have rains with gusty winds due to Rosal and flash floods or landslides may occur due to moderate to heavy rains. Minimal to minor threat to life and property due to strong winds.

The rest of Cordillera Administrative Region, the rest of Cagayan Valley, Ilocos Sur, La Union, and Aurora will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to Rosal and flash floods or landslides may occur due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

The trough of Typhoon Rosal will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms over the Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Masbate, Palawan, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental, Basilan, and Tawi-Tawi and flash floods or landslides may 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 localized thunderstorms and flash floods or landslides may occur during severe thunderstorms.

Forecast Wind and Coastal Water Conditions

The wind speed forecast for Central Luzon, Southern Luzon, and the eastern section of Visayas is moderate to strong and moving in the northwest to southwest direction with moderate to rough coastal waters.

Mindanao and the rest of Visayas will experience light to moderate wind speed moving in the south to southwest direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

Sunrise will be at 5:49 a.m., sunset at 5:32 p.m. — BAP, GMA News