TODAY UNTIL MONDAY (11-14 JULY) THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON WILL AFFECT THE COUNTRY, BRINGING OCCASIONAL RAINS OVER WESTERN VISAYAS, NEGROS ISLAND REGION, OCCIDENTAL MINDORO, AND PALAWAN. MEANWHILE, METRO MANILA, MINDANAO, THE REST OF VISAYAS, THE REST OF MIMAROPA, CAVITE, BATANGAS, AND LAGUNA WILL EXPERIENCE CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE REST OF LUZON WILL HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES WITH ISOLATED RAINS OR THUNDERSTORMS.

FROM TUESDAY TO THURSDAY (15-17 JULY) A LOW PRESSURE AREA (LPA) MAY FORM OVER THE EAST PHILIPPINE SEA WITHIN THE PHILIPPINE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (PAR). THIS WEATHER DISTURBANCE, LOCATED EAST OF VISAYAS, REMAINS FAR FROM THE COUNTRY AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO AFFECT IT. MEANWHILE, THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON WILL PERSIST, BRINGING OCCASIONAL RAINS OVER WESTERN VISAYAS AND NEGROS ISLAND REGION. CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PREVAIL OVER MINDANAO, THE REST OF VISAYAS, AND MIMAROPA. METRO MANILA AND THE REST OF LUZON WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES WITH ISOLATED RAINS OR THUNDERSTORMS.

FRIDAY (18 JULY) THE LPA IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD EXTREME NORTHERN LUZON. DUE TO THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF THE LPA AND THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON, MONSOON RAINS ARE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN VISAYAS, THE NEGROS ISLAND REGION, AND PALAWAN. METRO MANILA, THE REST OF LUZON, AND THE REST OF VISAYAS WILL HAVE CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MINDANAO WILL EXPERIENCE PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES WITH ISOLATED RAINS OR THUNDERSTORMS.

THIS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE UPDATED IF THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE FORECAST SCENARIO THROUGH THE ISSUANCE OF 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECASTS AND WEATHER ADVISORIES.