LPA, Habagat to bring cloudy skies, scattered rain over parts of PH

A Low Pressure Area (LPA) will bring cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over the Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Caraga, Davao Region, Isabela, Aurora, Quezon, Marinduque, and Romblon on Wednesday, PAGASA reported.

Flash floods or landslides may occur in these areas due to moderate to heavy rains.

The weather bureau reported that at 3 a.m. on Wednesday, the LPA was estimated based on all available data at 200 kilometers east northeast of Surigao City, Surigao del Norte.

Meanwhile, the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) will affect the western sections of Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

The rest of MIMAROPA, Visayas, and Mindanao will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the Southwest Monsoon with possible flash floods or landslides occurring due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Metro Manila and the rest of CALABARZON will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the Southwest Monsoon with possible flash floods or landslides occurring during severe thunderstorms.

The rest of Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to localized thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides may possibly occur during severe thunderstorms.

The wind speed for the western section of Luzon will be moderate to strong and moving in the southwest to southeast direction while coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

Mindanao and the western section of Visayas will experience light to moderate wind speed moving in the southeast to southwest direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

The rest of the country will experience light to moderate winds moving in the east to southeast direction with slight to moderate coastal waters.

Sunrise will be at 5:36 a.m., sunset at 6:29 p.m. — BAP/KG, GMA Integrated News