PAGASA: Easterlies, frontal system to affect the country

The frontal system will affect extreme Northern Luzon while easterlies will prevail over the rest of the country, weather bureau PAGASA said on Thursday.

According to its 4 p.m. weather forecast, Caraga and Davao will experience cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to easterlies.

PAGASA warned that these areas may experience flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have cloudy skies with rains and possible flash floods or landslides due to the frontal system.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to easterlies and localized thunderstorms.

The wind speed forecast for Northern Luzon is moderate to strong moving southeast, while coastal water conditions will be moderate to rough.

The rest of the country will have light to moderate wind speeds moving east to southeast with slight to moderate coastal water conditions. —Mel Matthew Doctor/VBL, GMA News