PAGASA: Brace for thunderstorms in Metro Manila

MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila and other parts of the country should brace for sudden afternoon or evening downpours due to thunderstorms, the state weather bureau said yesterday.

Jun Galang, weather forecaster at the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), said Metro Manila as well as the Ilocos region, Zamboanga Peninsula, Soccsksargen, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and Northern Mindanao would experience afternoon or evening rainshowers or thunderstorms until May 1.

Galang said the easterlies would continue to bring hot and humid weather in the morning until early noon. 

He said the warm weather in the day helps in the formation of cumulonimbus clouds, which bring rains.