Habagat to bring rainshowers, thunderstorms over Metro Manila, other areas

The Southwest Monsoon is expected to bring cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms over Metro Manila and several areas, according to PAGASA on Tuesday.

In its 24-hour forecast, the weather agency said the Ilocos Region, Batanes, the Babuyan Group of Islands, Zambales, Bataan, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, and Rizal will also be affected.

PAGASA said flash floods or landslides are possible due to moderate with, at times, heavy rains.

Localized thunderstorms may, meanwhile, bring partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers over the rest of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

Flash flood or landslides are also possible during severe thunderstorms.

The PAGASA synoptic station at the Science Garden, Quezon City recorded a minimum temperature at 24°C at 6 a.m. and a maximum temperature at 30.6 p.m.

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Mekkhala (formerly Ferdie) was located at 770 kilometers northwest of extreme Northern Luzon at 3 p.m. on Tuesday.

Mekkhala exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Monday morning. — Joahna Lei Casilao/BM, GMA News