MANILA – Two weather systems will bring rains over most parts of the country on Wednesday, a national holiday in commemoration of Eid’l Adha (Feast of Sacrifice), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said.
In its 5 a.m. weather bulletin, PAGASA reported that the southwesterly wind flow will cause cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms over the Zamboanga Peninsula, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Soccsksargen, and the provinces of Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental, and Palawan.
Meanwhile, the rest of Mindanao will experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the trough of a tropical depression located outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).
Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to localized thunderstorms.
PAGASA weather specialist Chenel Dominguez said the tropical depression outside PAR was estimated at 1,230 km east of northeastern Mindanao. It will be given the local name Domeng once it enters PAR by Thursday or Friday.
The cyclone may intensify into a typhoon but is unlikely to make landfall. However, it will enhance the southwest monsoon, which may bring rains starting this weekend, Dominguez added.
Light to moderate winds and slight to moderate seas will continue to prevail across the archipelago, according to PAGASA.
