Rains, cloudy skies to persist due to shear line, easterlies, amihan
(Satellite image from DOST / Pagasa)
MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila and many parts of the country will continue to have scattered rains and overcast skies on Thursday due to three weather systems, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) reported.
In a morning update, Pagasa weather specialist Rhea Torres said the shear line, easterlies, and northeast monsoon, or amihan, will continue to affect the country.
According to Torres, the shear line will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and isolated thunderstorms to the Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, Laguna, Quezon, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Aklan, and Capiz.
“As we can see in our latest satellite images, there are clusters of clouds mostly in the eastern sections of the country,” she said in Filipino.
Meanwhile, Caraga, Davao de Oro, and Davao Oriental will also see cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the easterlies.
Article continues after this advertisementThe easterlies are warm winds coming from the Pacific Ocean, Torres noted.
Article continues after this advertisementThe state weather specialist also said the northeast monsoon will result in cloudy skies and rains in Cagayan Valley, the Cordillera Administrative Region, and Aurora.
She added that Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will see partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains also due to the northeast monsoon.
“As we can see in our latest satellite animation, it’s mostly the eastern parts of our country that will have rainy weather today,” she said.
‘In the western sections of our archipelago, we can expect partly cloudy to cloudy skies,” she added.
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Torres noted that the effects of the shear line and northeast monsoon would gradually weaken in the coming days, particularly over the weekend.
As of Thursday morning, Pagasa said no low-pressure area or weather disturbance is being monitored inside or near the Philippine area of responsibility.
Pagasa hoisted a gale warning over the eastern seaboards of Central and Southern Luzon, the eastern seaboards of Visayas, and the northern and eastern seaboards of Northern Luzon.
“We expect rough to very rough seas, with waves reaching up to five meters high,” Torres said.
“So it’s dangerous to set sail, especially for those using small sea vessels,” she warned.
