The Visayas and Mindanao will experience shower rains and thunderstorms on Thursday, July 20, due to a low-pressure area (LPA), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) reported.
In its 3 AM weather bulletin, PAGASA said the LPA was estimated based on all available data at 650 kilometers east northeast of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, or at 715 km east of Surigao City, Surigao del Norte.
Due to the LPA, there will be cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms in Visayas, Romblon, Sorsogon, Masbate, Zamboanga del Norte, Misamis Provinces, Camiguin, Agusan del Norte, Surigao del Norte, and Dinagat Islands.
The weather bureau also mentioned that moderate to occasionally severe rains may cause flash floods or landslides.
Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the trough of LPA and localized thunderstorms with the possibility that isolated floodings or landslides may occur during severe thunderstorms.
Mild to moderate winds blowing from the southwest to southeast will be present in Luzon's northern and western regions, and the coastal waters will be slight to moderate.
The rest of Luzon will experience light to moderate wind speed moving in the northeast to northwest direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.
Visayas and Mindanao will experience light to moderate wind speed moving in the southwest to northwest direction while coastal waters will be slight to moderate.
Sunrise will be at 5:36 a.m. and sunset will be at 6:29 p.m.
