Southwest Monsoon to bring rain showers over parts of the country

The Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) continues to affect the western section of Northern and Central Luzon and will bring rain showers over parts of the country on Sunday, PAGASA said in its forecast.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the monsoon and localized thunderstorms. During severe thunderstorms, flash floods or landslides may possibly result.

Coastal waters will be slight to moderate throughout the country.

PAGASA is also monitoring Typhoon Koinu (formerly known as Typhoon Jenny when it was still inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility or PAR) and Tropical Storm Bolaven.

As of 3 a.m. on Sunday, Koinu was located at 725 km west of Extreme Northern Luzon, packing maximum sustained winds of 155 km/h with gustiness of up to 190 km/h. Koinu is almost stationary.

Meanwhile, Bolaven was located at 3 a.m. at 3,045 km east of Visayas. It has maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h and gustiness of 80 km/h. Bolaven is moving westward slowly.

Sunrise was at 5:46 a.m. while sunset will be at 5:41 p.m. —KG, GMA Integrated News