MT Satellite image April 16, 2014, 9:01 a.m. Screengrab from https://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph
MANILA, Philippines—Going to Southern Luzon or the Visayas this Holy Week break? Your Lenten lull may get rained on according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
The Visayas region will have cloudy skies with moderate to occasionally heavy rains and thunderstorms, Pagasa said Wednesday.
This is because of a low pressure area, a weakened tropical depression “Domeng,” located 80 kilometers east of Hinatuan in Surigao del Sur.
The rains and thunderstorms in Visayas may cause flashfloods and landslides.
By Thursday, the LPA is expected to be in Palawan after it has crossed the landmass of Visayas, Pagasa’s weekly outlook said.
Gradual improvement of the weather is expected over Eastern and Central Visayas by then.
In Bicol Region, Caraga and the Provinces of Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Misamis Oriental, cloudy skies with scattered light to moderate rainshowers and thunderstorms were forecast for Wednesday.
Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening.
Moderate to occasionally strong winds blowing from the northeast to northwest will prevail over the northern and eastern sections of Luzon and Visayas and the coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to occasionally rough.
Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast to west with slight to moderate seas.
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