MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Queenie has exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility but some parts of the Philippines will continue to have rain because of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Sunday.
"So this (Queenie) is far from our landmass and it will have no effect on our weather condition," weather specialist Daniel James Villamil said. "But because of the effect of the Intertropical Convergence Zone, this is the meeting of winds from the northern and southern hemisphere, we will still experience rains in several parts of the Visayas, Mindanao, and Palawan."
"Meanwhile, for Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon, generally fair weather will continue. If we will experience rains, it will be due only to localized thunderstorms," he said.
As of 4 p.m. Sunday, "Queenie" was 865 kilometers northeast of extreme northern Luzon and was moving northeastward at 20 kilometers per hour (km/h) with maximum sustained winds of 155 km/h near the center and gustiness reaching 190 km/h.
Villamil said that most of Luzon including Metro Manila will continue to have partly cloudy to cloudy skies. However, he advised the public to bring rain gear in the afternoon up to evening "because the chance of localized thunderstorms is high."
He said that because of the effect of the ITCZ, Palawan, the entire Visayas and northern portions of Mindanao will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms.
