LPA draws Habagat which will bring rains to Luzon and Visayas

A low pressure area located east of Sorsogon will draw the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) toward the country, which will in turn bring rains to Luzon and the Visayas on Saturday, PAGASA said in its early morning forecast.

The rains will pour over Metro Manila, Mimaropa, Western Visayas, Zambales, Bataan, Batangas and Cavite.

Flash floods and landslides may occur due to the scattered rains which may be light to moderate to at times heavy.

The rest of Luzon and Visayas as well as the Zamboanga Peninsula will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorm due to the Southwest Monsoon.

Flash floods and landslides are possible during severe thunderstorms.

Mindanao, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers  due to localized thunderstorms.

Flash floods and landslides may also occur during severe thunderstorms.

PAGASA said the low pressure area they have been monitoring was estimated to be at 970 kilometers east of Juban, Sorsogon as of 3 a.m. on Saturday.

It may become a tropical depression in 24 hours, it said.

Gale warning

No gale warning has been raised on Saturday.

Coastal waters will be moderate to rough in the western section of Luzon, and slight to moderate in the rest of the country.

Temperatures

Forecast temperatures will be in the following ranges in these areas on Saturday:

• Laoag: 25ºC-32ºC
• Baguio: 16ºC-22ºC
• Metro Manila: 25ºC-30ºC
• Tuguegarao: 25ºC-34ºC
• Legazpi: 25ºC-32ºC
• Tagaytay: 22ºC-28ºC
• Puerto Princesa: 25ºC-31ºC
• Cebu: 27ºC-31ºC
• Iloilo: 26ºC-32ºC
• Tacloban: 26ºC-32ºC
• Zamboanga: 25ºC-32ºC
• Cagayan de Oro: 24ºC-32ºC
• Davao: 26ºC-33ºC

Sunrise was at 5:30 a.m. while sunset will be at 6:29 p.m. —KG, GMA News