Cloudy skies, light rains forecast for Batanes, Ilocos Norte, Apayao and Cagayan

The Northeasterly Surface Windflow will prevail over Luzon on Saturday, PAGASA reported in its early morning forecast.

Batanes, Ilocos Norte, Apayao and Cagayan will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains due to the Northeasterly Surface Windflow.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides are possible, PAGASA says, during severe thunderstorms.

The weather bureau continues to monitor a tropical cyclone, which is outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) as of 3 a.m. on Saturday.

Typhoon Bualoi is 2,595 kilometers east northeast of extreme northern Luzon with maximum sustained winds of 150 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 185 kph moving in the northeast direction at 3 kph.

The forecast wind speed in extreme northern Luzon is moderate to strong, moving in the northeast direction while coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

Visayas and the rest of Luzon forecast wind speed is light to moderate moving northeast to east direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

In Mindanao, the forecast wind speed is light to moderate moving eastward while coastal waters will be slight to moderate. — BAP, GMA News