PAGASA: Isolated rains over parts of PH, HPA ridge extends over Northern Luzon

The ridge of the High Pressure Area (HPA) will be extending over Northern Luzon aslocalized thunderstorms bring cloudy skies with isolated rains over the rest of the country on Friday, PAGASA reported.

The weather continue to monitor Typhoon Sinlaku, which is outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) or 2,485 kilometers east of extreme Northern Luzon packing maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour with gustiness of up to 170 km/h and moving north northeastward at 15 km/h.

Forecast Weather Conditions

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. Flash floods or landslides may occur during severe thunderstorms.

Forecast Wind and Coastal Water Conditions

The wind speed forecast for the eastern sections of Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao is moderate to strong and moving in the northeast to east direction with moderate to rough coastal waters.

The eastern sections of Northern and Central Luzon will experience moderate to strong wind speed moving in the east to southeast direction and moderate to rough coastal waters.

The wind speed forecast for the rest of Luzon is light to moderate moving in the east to southeast direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

The rest of the country will experience light to moderate wind speed moving in the northeast to north direction with slight to moderate coastal waters.

Sunrise will be at 5:41a.m., sunset at 6:10 p.m. — BAP, GMA News