MANILA, Philippines — THE low pressure area off Batanes has dissipated and it is the southwest monsoon or habagat that has been prevailing especially in extreme Northern Luzon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services said Sunday.

Weather specialist Grace Castañeda said that the southwest monsoon is bringing overcast skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms in Batanes and Babuyan Islands.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the localized thunderstorms.