Cloudy with some rain, says Pagasa

MANILA, Philippines—Most of the country can expect cloudy weather on Sunday as a low pressure area (LPA) swirls off Oriental Mindoro, according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).

The LPA is embedded in the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) affecting Palawan and Mindanao. The ITCZ is where winds from the northern and southern hemispheres converge and which is a breeding ground for tropical storms.

As of 2 p.m. Saturday, the low pressure area was spotted 500 kilometers west of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, according to the weather bureau. Pagasa also said the tail end of a cold front was affecting southern Luzon.

The western sections of northern Luzon, southern Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao can expect mostly cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. The rest of Luzon would have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening.

Coastal waters throughout the archipelago would be slight to moderate, Pagasa said.