Fair weather in most parts of PH; isolated rains likely due to 'habagat' — Pagasa

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MANILA, Philippines — The country can expect fair weather throughout the day although some areas may experience isolated rain showers due to the southwest monsoon or "habagat," the state-run weather agency said on Friday.

Weather specialist Daniel James Villamil of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said habagat would continue to prevail in the entire archipelago in the coming days.

"This, as we have not monitored any tropical cyclone or low pressure area forming or entering the Philippine Area of Responsibility this weekend until early next week," the Pagasa forecaster said.

He reiterated that fair weather would be likely in most parts of the country within the next 24 hours except for isolated downpours or thunderstorms in some places.

In particular, the southwest monsoon would bring cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over Quezon, Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan), Bicol Region, Visayas and Mindanao.

The same weather system would be affecting Metro Manila, Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon), Zambales and Bataan where partly cloudy to overcast skies would prevail.

The rest of Luzon, meanwhile, will likely have isolated rain showers or thunderstorms caused by localized thunderstorms, the state weather bureau said.