The southwest monsoon, locally known as habagat, was expected to weaken further during the Independence Day long weekend, bringing generally fairer weather to much of the country, Pagasa said.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said the monsoon would continue to lose strength and affect fewer areas in the coming days.
Habagat is a weather system that carries warm and moist winds from the southwest, often bringing rains to the western sections of the Philippines.
Pagasa said the monsoon would likely affect only the western portion of Northern Luzon on Thursday.
They added that cloudy skies are still expected in that part of the country as the weakened monsoon continued to influence weather conditions there.
From Saturday until Monday, generally fair weather is expected in many areas.
However, Pagasa said the public should still prepare for sudden and short rain showers caused by localized thunderstorms.
The agency reminded that flooding and landslides remained possible during thunderstorms, particularly in the eastern section of Southern Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao.
