Rainy weekend over Luzon, Visayas – Pagasa

(UPDATE) THE state-run weather agency on Friday said it would be a rainy weekend over Visayas and Luzon including Metro Manila as a result of the inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCZ).

Most parts of the country could expect a general fair weather although isolated downpours and thunderstorms would be likely in the afternoon or at night time, weather specialist Aldczar Aurelio of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said.

He also said cloud formations spotted over east of Visayas and Mindanao could still develop into a low pressure area in the coming days.

Earlier, the state weather bureau said at least one tropical cyclone would likely enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility in September.

Over the next 24 hours, Pagasa said the ITCZ — an imaginary line where the air from the southern and northern hemisphere meet — is affecting Mimaropa (Mindoro Occidental, Mindoro Oriental, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan), Bicol Region, Visayas and Mindanao where scattered rain showers and thunderstorms may prevail.

Along with the localized thunderstorms, the same weather system will bring partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated downpour and thunderstorms over Metro Manila and the rest of the country, Pagasa said.