FROM TODAY UNTIL SUNDAY (16-18 MAY), THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE (ITCZ) WILL BRING CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MINDANAO, EASTERN VISAYAS, AND PALAWAN. MEANWHILE, THE EASTERLIES WILL BRING PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES OVER THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, WITH A CHANCE OF ISOLATED RAINSHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF BUT HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

ON MONDAY (19 MAY), VISAYAS, MINDANAO, AND PALAWAN WILL EXPERIENCE CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO ITCZ. THE REST OF THE COUNTRY WILL HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED RAINSHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

FROM TUESDAY TO FRIDAY (20-23 MAY), THE ITCZ WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT VISAYAS, MINDANAO, MIMAROPA, AND THE BICOL REGION BRINGING CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE REST OF THE ARCHIPELAGO WILL HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED RAINSHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS.

A LOW PRESSURE AREA (LPA) EMBEDDED ALONG THE ITCZ MAY FORM WITHIN THE OUTLOOK PERIOD.

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.