Scattered rainshowers expected in most of PHL due to LPA, southwest monsoon

A Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated at 730 kilometers east of General Santos City, South Cotabato, PAGASA reported in its early morning forecast.

The southwest monsoon, meanwhile, will be affecting the western section of Luzon.

Eastern Visayas will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorm due to the trough of LPA.

The rest of Visayas will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms.

Pangasinan, Zambales, Bataan, and Palawan will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the southwest monsoon.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms.

The weather bureau warns that flash floods and landslides may occur during severe thunderstorms.

Forecast wind speed for Luzon is moderate to strong moving southward while coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

Wind speed in the Visayas and Mindanao will be light to moderate moving east to southeast while coastal waters will be slight to moderate. — BAP, GMA News