(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies will prevail in parts of the country today, Aug. 16, as the southwest monsoon affects western sections of Northern and Central Luzon.
The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Ilocos Region, the Cordillera Administrative Region, Batanes and the Babuyan Group of Islands are forecast to have cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms.
Flashfloods or landslides due to severe thunderstorms are possible.
Metro Manila and the rest of the country, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms.
Luzon, PAGASA said, will have moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough coastal waters.
The rest of the country, on the other hand, will have light winds and slight coastal waters.
