Southwest monsoon will bring rains over Occidental Mindoro, Antique, northern Palawan, nearby areas

The southwest monsoon will bring cloudy skies and rain over parts of the country on Friday, PAGASA reported.

Meanwhile, Severe Tropical Storm Mawar (Betty) is located 945 kilometers northeast of extreme northern Luzon packing maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometers per hour, gustiness of up to 145 km/h and moving northeastward at a speed of 25km/h.

Occidental Mindoro, Antique, and northern Palawan including Cuyo, Calamian, and Kalayaan Islands will have monsoon rains due to the southwest monsoon with the possible occurrence of flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains.

Metro Manila, Zambales, Bataan, Pampanga, Bulacan, CALABARZON, Bicol Region, and the rest of MIMAROPA and Western Visayas will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms also due to the southwest monsoon with the possibility of flash floods or landslides occurring due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the southwest monsoon with the possible occurrence of flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms.

The wind speed forecast for Luzon and Visayas is moderate to strong moving southwestward while coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

Mindanao will experience moderate to strong wind speed moving in the south to southwest direction while coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

Sunrise will be at 5:26 a.m., sunset at 6:22 p.m. -- BAP, GMA Integrated News