Habagat to bring scattered rain over parts of Northern Luzon

The southwest monsoon or Habagat will bring cloudy skies, rain and thunderstorms over the western section of Northern Luzon on Thursday, PAGASA reported.

Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Ilocos Norte, and Ilocos Sur will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the southwest monsoon with the possibility that flash floods or landslides will occur 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 the southwest monsoon and localized thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides may occur during severe thunderstorms, said the weather bureau.

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

The western section of Central and Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao will experience light to moderate wind speed moving in the southwest to south direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

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

Sunrise will be at 5:27 a.m., sunset at 6:26 p.m. -- BAP, GMA Integrated News