Rainy Saturday due to LPA, amihan

GET ready for a rainy weekend.

Many parts of the country will have a wet Saturday because of the low pressure area east southeast of Davao City, and the northeast monsoon.

The low pressure area will continue to bring rain over most of Mindanao, the Visayas, and the Bicol region. 

The northeast monsoon, or amihan, will bring cold winds and some light rain in Luzon. 

The state weather bureau, or the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, said the LPA is unlikely to strengthen into a tropical storm.

But in the next few days, it will traverse the eastern portion of the country and could bring rain.  

Luzon weather

There will be scattered rain showers and thunderstorms in the Bicol region as well as Romblon, Marinduque, and Quezon because of the low pressure area.

Residents in the area are advised to watch out for possible flash floods and landslides due to moderate to heavy with at times intense rains. 

Cagayan Valley, the Cordillera region, and Aurora will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rain because of the northeast monsoon. 

Metro Manila and other areas of Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies in the morning and can expect light rain in the afternoon and evening because of the northeast monsoon.

Visayas and Mindanao

Visayas and most of Mindanao will feel the direct effects of the low pressure area.

There will be at times heavy rain in Eastern Visayas and the Caraga region, and Pagasa may issue heavy rainfall warnings and rainfall advisories. 

Western and Central Visayas, Northern Mindanao, and the Davao region will have cloudy skies and light to moderate with at times heavy rain throughout the day. 

Flash floods and landslides are possible, Pagasa warned. 

The Zamboanga peninsula, Soccsksargen, and the Bangsamoro region will have cloudy skies and may have scattered rain showers and thunderstorms.

Gale warning up

The seas won’t be friendly to small vessels today. 

Pagasa advises fishing boats and other small seacraft not to venture out into the sea, and larger vessels to watch out for big waves, in the following areas: 

• Ilocos Norte
• Batanes
• Cagayan
• Isabela
• Aurora
• Quezon
• Batangas
• Occidental Mindoro
• Oriental Mindoro
• Marinduque
• Romblon
• Northern Palawan
• Camarines Norte
• Camarines Sur
• Catanduanes
• Albay
• Sorsogon
• Masbate
• Aklan
• Antique
• Capiz
• Iloilo
• Guimaras
• Negros Occidental
• Negros Oriental
• Cebu
• Bohol
• Siquijor
• Northern Samar
• Eastern Samar
• Samar
• Biliran
• Leyte
• Southern Leyte
• Misamis Occidental
• Northern coast of Lanao del Norte
• Misamis Oriental
• Camiguin
  
• Agusan del Norte
• Dinagat Islands
• Surigao del Norte
• Surigao del Sur
• Davao Oriental

Sunday weather in select areas

Metro Manila will have light to moderate rain because of the northeast monsoon and the low pressure area. The Calabarzon region and parts of Central Luzon will also have cloudy skies.

Baguio City will be even chillier, with temperatures expected to drop to as low as 11°C. It will also have cloudy skies.

The Bicol region, including Legazpi City, can expect moderate to heavy rain because of the low pressure area. 

Metro Cebu and the rest of the Visayas, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms because of the low pressure area.

Metro Davao, the Caraga region, and the eastern part of Mindanao can expect scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. 

Temperature check

Here are the temperatures today for select areas in the country:

• Metro Manila- 22-31 °C
• Baguio- 11-23 °C
• Laoag- 19-33 °C
• Tuguegarao- 19-29 °C
• Tagaytay- 18-29 °C
• Legazpi- 22-29 °C
• Puerto Princesa- 25-30 °C
• Kalayaan Islands- 25-31 °C
• Cebu City- 24-28 °C
• Tacloban- 23-28 °C
• Iloilo- 24-29 °C
• Davao City- 23-29 °C
• Cagayan de Oro- 24-28 °C
• Zamboanga- 24-32 °C