The trough of the cyclone outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), and the southwest monsoon (habagat) would bring cloudy skies, scattered rain showers and thunderstorms across the Philippines, according to state weather bureau Pagasa early morning on Friday.

It said that at 3 a.m. the tropical depression outside PAR (formerly ‘Jacinto’) was at 650 kilometers west of Iba, Zambales, with maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center, gustiness of up to 70 kph,  was moving westward at 15 kph.

Cyclone's trough, habagat will bring cloudy skies, rain showers over PH

The cyclone’s trough would bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms to Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Central Luzon, Quirino, and Nueva Vizcaya, Pagasa said.

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Occurrence of flash floods or landslides due to moderate to occasionally heavy rains would be possible in these areas.

Meanwhile, Metro Manila and the rest of country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the southwest monsoon (habagat). 

Habagat would also bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms over Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Dinagat Islands, Occidental Mindoro, and Palawan.

Pagasa also warned of possible occurrence of flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms in these areas.