Isolated rains expected across PH due to localized thunderstorms

Cloudy skies and isolated rains will persist in several areas in the country in the next 24 hours due to localized thunderstorms, PAGASA said Wednesday afternoon.

According to its 4 p.m. weather forecast, the state weather bureau said Metro Manila and the rest of the country will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms to localized thunderstorms.

PAGASA warned that the severe thunderstorms may trigger flash floods or landslides.

As of 2 p.m., the state weather bureau said the low pressure area being monitored within its Tropical Cyclone Information Domain (TCID) has developed into a tropical depression.

According to the PAGASA website, the TCID is the agency's largest and outermost monitoring domain.

Tthe weather disturbance was located 3,000 kms east of Northeastern Mindanao as of 3 p.m., carrying maximum sustained winds of 55 kph near the center, gustiness of up to 70 kph, and was moving west northwestward at 15 kph.

"Tropical cyclones present inside the TCID are of least concern for the forecasters, but are necessary enough for monitoring and public awareness purposes," PAGASA said.

State meteorologists also said winds will be light to moderate, while coastal waters will be slight to moderate throughout the country.

Sunrise in Metro Manila will be at 5:57 a.m. on Thursday. — VDV, GMA News