Cloudy Thursday in many parts of PH

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MANILA, Philippines – A rainy Thursday, July 18, is in the forecast for parts of north Luzon, as tropical storm Isang makes a beeline out of the country.

Isang was spotted 210 km northwest of Aparri, Cagayan (19.9°N, 120.2°E) as of 4 pm Wednesday, carrying maximum winds of 65 km/h near the center and gusts of up to 80 km/h, state weather bureau PAGASA said in its 5 pm update.

Ilocos Norte, the Calayan and Babuyan Islands, and Batanes remain under storm signal number 1. Storm warning signals elsewhere have been lowered.

These areas will experience rain with gusty winds, the bureau said.

The southwest monsoon will continue to be enhanced by the storm, bringing light to moderate rain over the rest of Luzon and Western Visayas.

Metro Manila, Mindoro, Palawan, the rest of northern Luzon, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, and Western Visayas will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rain and thunderstorms.

The rest of the country will partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain.

City	Forecast		Temperature Range
Metro Manila		Cloudy with rainshowers or thunderstorms	24°C-31°C
Tuguegarao		Rains with gusty winds	23°C-32°C
Laoag		Rains with gusty winds	23°C-31°C
Baguio		Cloudy with rainshowers or thunderstorms	16°C-23°C
Subic/Olongapo; Clark/Angeles		Cloudy with rainshowers or thunderstorms	23°C-31°C
Tagaytay		Cloudy with rainshowers or thunderstorms	22°C-27°C
Legazpi		Partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms	24°C-31°C
Puerto Princesa		Cloudy with rainshowers or thunderstorms	23°C-29°C
Iloilo/Bacolod		Cloudy with rainshowers or thunderstorms	24°C-30°C
Metro Cebu		Partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms	25°C-31°C
Tacloban		Partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms	24°C-32°C
Cagayan de Oro		Partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms	23°C-31°C
Metro Davao		Partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms	24°C-33°C
Zamboanga		Partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms	24°C-33°C

– Rappler.com