Luzon, Visayas to have fair weather on Friday, says Pagasa

Pagasa satellite image as of 7: 00 AM, Friday, November7, 2014

MANILA, Philippines–Parts of the country will experience rains due to intertropical convergence zone and the northeast monsoon, the weather bureau said on Friday.

An intertropical convergence zone is affecting Mindanao, while northeast monsoon, or hanging amihan, prevails in northern Luzon, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said.

“Zamboanga Peninsula, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and Soccsksargen will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rainshowers and thunderstorms,” Pagasa said.

The regions of Cagayan Valley, Cordillera and Ilocos will experience partly cloudy skies with isolated light rains, it added.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast will prevail over northern and eastern section of Luzon and the coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough.

Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast with slight to moderate seas.