A generally fair weather will prevail throughout the country during the conduct of the national and local elections next week, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Friday, May 6.
In a special weather outlook, PAGASA said the dominant weather system to affect the country on Monday, May 9, will be the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ).
Eastern Visayas and Mindanao will have cloudy skies with possible rain showers and thunderstorms caused by the oscillation of the ITCZ.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country will have warm and humid weather apart from isolated afternoon or evening rain showers and thunderstorms.
PAGASA is also not expecting a tropical cyclone development next week, but updates through weather advisories will be issued if there will be significant changes in the weather scenario.
“Light to moderate winds coming from the east and southeast will prevail over Luzon, becoming light easterly to variable over Visayas and Mindanao,” it said.
It added that the coastal waters surrounding the archipelago will be slight to moderate.