Southwesterly surface windflow to bring cloudy skies, scattered rains over Ilocos Region, 7 provinces

The southwesterly surface windflow will be affecting the western sections of northern and central Luzon on Friday, PAGASA reported.

Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Batanes, Cagayan, Zambales, Bataan, Tarlac, and Pampanga will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the southwesterly surface windflow with possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to localized thunderstorms with possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms.

Wind speed forecast for extreme northern Luzon is moderate moving southwestward while coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

The rest of Luzon will experience light to moderate wind speed moving in the southeast to southwest direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

The rest of the country will experience light to moderate wind speed moving in the east to southeast direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

Sunrise will be at 5:27 a.m., sunset at 6:18 p.m. -- BAP, GMA News