Habagat to bring cloudy skies, scattered rains over Ilocos, Zambales, Bataan, Palawan

The Southwest Monsoon or Habagat will continue to bring cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over the western sections of Luzon and Visayas on Saturday, PAGASA reported.

Ilocos Region, Zambales, Bataan, and Palawan will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the Southwest Monsoon with flash floods or landslides possibly occurring 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 flash floods or landslides possibly resulting during severe thunderstorms.

PAGASA said the heat index in Metro Manila will be under extreme caution level at 41 degrees Celsius at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), Pasay City station and 39 degrees Celsius at the Science Garden in Quezon City.

The public was advised to take precaution against heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

The heat index is a measure of how hot it really feels when factoring in the relative humidity at a given location.

In order to prevent heat-related illnesses, the weather bureau advised the public to do the following:

• Limit the time spent outdoors.
• Drink plenty of water.
• Avoid tea, coffee, soda or liquor.
• Wear umbrellas, hats, and sleeved clothing outdoors.
• Schedule heavy-duty activities at start or end of the day when it's cooler.

The whole country will experience light to moderate wind speed moving in the southwest to south direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

Sunrise will be at 5:26 a.m., sunset at 6:24 p.m. — BAP/KG, GMA Integrated News