LPA, easterlies to bring cloudy skies, rains over parts of PH

The Low Pressure Area (LPA) and easterlies will bring cloudy skies with rain showers over parts of the Philippines on Friday, PAGASA reported.

At 3:00 AM today, the LPA was estimated at 95 kilometers east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur and will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms to Caraga, Eastern Visayas, Albay, Sorsogon, Masbate, and Catanduanes with the possibility that flash floods or landslides will occur due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have 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 Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao is light to moderate moving in the east to northeast direction with slight to moderate coastal waters.

Extreme Northern Luzon will experience light to moderate wind speed moving in the southeast to south direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.

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

Sunrise will be at 5:55 a.m., sunset at 6:08 p.m. — BAP, GMA Integrated News