MANILA, Philippines — The Visayas, Mindanao and Palawan can expect light to moderate rains that could turn heavy occasionally and trigger floods and landslides, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Tuesday, October 24.
Metro Manila and the rest of the country should have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms, mostly in the afternoon or evening.
Pagasa said this is because of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone, the belt near the equator where the trade winds from the northern and southern hemisphere meet, causing often heavy thunderstorms.
But the weather bureau is also keeping close watch on a tropical depression 2,145 kilometers east of Mindanao, well outside the Philippine area of responsibility.
The storm had maximum winds of 45 kilometers per hour with gusts of up to 60 kph as it moved northwest at 15 kph.
Seas throughout the archipelago are forecast to be moderate to rough.