Pagasa: Thunderstorm over Metro Manila, nearby provinces
Motorists ply a flooded street in Manila on Sunday, June 26, 2016 after a sudden downpour. GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE
A thunderstorm is affecting Metro Manila and nearby provinces, the state weather bureau said Monday evening.
In a thunderstorm advisory issued at 6:21 p.m., Pagasa said that a thunderstorm is affecting Taguig, Makati, Parañaque, Las Piñas and Muntinlupa cities in the National Capital Region; Naic, Tanza and Ternate in Cavite; and General Nakar and Infanta in Quezon.
The thunderstorm in the said areas may persist for one to two hours.
In its 24-hour public weather forecast for Tuesday, the state weather bureau said that an intertropical convergence zone will affect Mindanao and Palawan.
The ITCZ will bring cloudy skies with light to moderate rains. Thunderstorms will be experienced over the Bicol Region, Eastern and Western Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Occidental Mindoro, and Palawan.
Article continues after this advertisementPartly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers will be experienced by residents of Metro Manila and the rest of the country.
The low pressure area, which was previously known as tropical depression “Ambo,” was last located at 148 kilometers west of Vigan, Ilocos Sur. AJH/JE/rga
