PAGASA: Low pressure area affecting Visayas, Mindanao on Friday, May 10

(Eagle News)–A low pressure area is affecting Visayas and Mindanao on Friday, May 10, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said.

In its 4 a.m. advisory, PAGASA said as of 2 a.m., the LPA was located 860 kilometers east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, embedded along the Intertropical Convergence Zone.

According to the weather bureau, Eastern Visayas, CARAGA and Davao region will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the ITCZ and the LPA.

Flash floods or landslides due to scattered light to moderate to at times heavy rains are also possible.

Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon on the other hand will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms as a result of the southwesterly surface windflow,  of while the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized  thunderstorms.

Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will have light to moderate winds and slight to moderate coastal waters.