Igme exits PAR, but enhanced SW monsoon to bring rains

Tropical Depression Igme has exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility but the enhanced Southwest Monsoon will continue to bring rains to several parts of Luzon and the Visayas.

Igme departed PAR at 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, with its last known location being 520 km north northeast of Itbayat, Batanes.

The tropical depression is moving northwestward at 40 km/h and is no longer directly affecting the Philippines.

The enhanced Southwest Monsoon will bring strong to gale-force gusts to Batanes, Babuyan Islands, the Ilocos Region, Zambales, and Bataan.

Metro Manila, the rest of Luzon, Western Visayas, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, and Samar will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms.

Mindanao and the rest of the Visayas will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms.

Strong winds and rough seas will be felt over the western and northern sections of Northern Luzon, while the rest of Luzon will experience moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough seas.