Pagasa: Cloudy to rainy weather due to southwest monsoon

Most parts of the country will continue experiencing cloudy to rainy weather today because of the southwest monsoon, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).

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The weather system will bring occasional rains in the Ilocos Region, estimated to be between 50 to 100 millimeters per hour that could cause "possible flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains," the state weather agency said in its 24-hour public weather forecast yesterday.

The same weather system will prevail over the regions of Metro Manila, Cagayan Valley, Cordillera, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Western Visayas, Negros Island, the Zamboanga Peninsula and Bangsamoro, which will experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms.

The southwest monsoon will also bring "partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms" over the rest of the country.

Moderate to strong winds and coastal waters will prevail over the northern and western areas of Luzon, while the rest of the country will experience light to moderate winds and coastal waters.

PAGASA reported Severe Tropical Storm Danas was located outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) at 705 kilometers north of Itbayat in Batanes, also north of Taiwan.

It carried maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 115 kph, and was moving farther north northeast at 20 kph.

Danas will no longer affect weather conditions in the country, according to PAGASA weather specialist Veronica Torres.