SYNOPSIS: Easterlies are affecting Luzon and Visayas’s eastern sections, bringing varied weather conditions across different regions.
Forecast Weather Conditions:
Visayas and Palawan: These areas can expect cloudy skies accompanied by scattered rain showers and thunderstorms, all due to the easterlies. The impacts include possible flash floods or landslides caused by moderate to at times heavy rains.
Bicol Region, Quezon, Aurora, Isabela, and Cagayan: Residents here should prepare for partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms, also influenced by the easterlies. Severe thunderstorms in these regions could lead to flash floods or landslides.
Metro Manila and the Rest of the Country: The weather will be partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms, resulting from localized thunderstorms. During severe thunderstorms, there is a risk of flash floods or landslides.
Forecast Wind and Coastal Water Conditions:
Luzon and Visayas:
- Wind Speed: Light to Moderate
- Wind Direction: East to Southeast
- Coastal Waters: Slight to Moderate, with wave heights between 0.6 to 2.1 meters.
Mindanao:
- Wind Speed: Light to Moderate
- Wind Direction: Southwest to Southeast
- Coastal Waters: Slight to Moderate, with wave heights between 0.6 to 2.1 meters.
Temperature and Humidity Extremes (24-hour period ending 8:00 PM yesterday):
- Minimum Temperature: 24.9°C at 4:00 AM
- Maximum Temperature: 35.0°C at 3:00 PM
- Minimum Relative Humidity: 53% at 2:00 PM
- Maximum Relative Humidity: 91% at 5:00 AM
General Flood Advisories: Issued at 6:00 AM, 09 July 2024, covering the following regions:
- Region 4B (MIMAROPA)
- Region 6 (Western Visayas)
- Region 8 (Eastern Visayas)
- Region 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula)
- Region 10 (Northern Mindanao)
- Region 11 (Davao Region)
- Region 12 (Soccsksargen)
- Region 13 (CARAGA)
- BARMM
Residents in these areas should stay vigilant and monitor updates from PAGASA, especially those in flood-prone and landslide-prone zones. Safety measures and preparedness plans should be in place as the weather conditions could rapidly change, posing risks to life and property.