ITCZ, easterlies to bring cloudy skies, scattered rains over PH

The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) will be affecting southern Mindanao while the easterlies will affect the rest of the country on Thursday, PAGASA reported.

Zamboanga Peninsula, SOCCSKSARGEN, Davao Occidental, Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the ITCZ with flash floods or landslides occurring due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

The rest of Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms also due to the ITCZ with flash floods or landslides possibly occurring during severe thunderstorms.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will mhave partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the easterlies with the possibility that flash floods or landslides will occur during severe thunderstorms.

The wind speed forecast for Visayas and Mindanao is light to moderate moving in the east to northeast direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

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

The rest of Luzon will have light to moderate wind speed moving in the east to northeast direction with slight to moderate coastal waters.

Sunrise will be at 5:37a.m., sunset at 6:12 p.m. — BAP, GMA Integrated News