Two weather systems could bring cloudy and rainy weather to certain areas in the country today, based on projections of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).
The northeasterly wind flow will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms in the provinces of Quezon and Aurora, as well as partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms in Cagayan Valley region and the provinces of Ilocos Norte and Apayao, according to the agency yesterday.
The southwest monsoon is expected to weaken further in the coming days, according to PAGASA.
The weakening of the southwest monsoon would lead to the transition to the northeast monsoon, which brings cooler winds to the northeastern parts of the country, PAGASA weather specialist John Manalo said.
Meanwhile, the regions of Western Visayas, Negros Island, Central Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, SOCCSKSARGEN and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and the province of Palawan may experience cloudy and rainy weather because of the intertropical convergence zone.
Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will experience localized thunderstorms.
The agency continues to monitor the movement of a typhoon close to the northeastern edge of the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR).
The typhoon, with international name Halong, was located at 2,005 kilometers east-northeast of extreme Northern Luzon as of 3 p.m. yesterday. It was carrying maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 150 kph and was moving west-northwest at 10 kph.