Overcast skies, rains expected across PH on Feb. 14
Pagasa weather update. GRAPHICS BY INQUIRER
MANILA, Philippines — Overcast skies and rains are expected across the country on Friday due to three weather systems, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
In Pagasa’s 5 a.m. weather forecast, weather specialist Grace Castañeda said the shear line and easterlies would bring rains over parts of Luzon.
Meanwhile, the easterlies and the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) will prevail over parts of Visayas and Mindanao.
Cloudy skies and scattered rains are expected over Batanes and Babuyan Islands due to the shear line, or the convergence of warm and cold winds.
Parts of Northern Luzon and Bicol will experience overcast skies and chances of rain, lightning, and thunder due to the easterlies, or the warm winds coming from the Pacific Ocean.
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Article continues after this advertisement“Mainland Cagayan, Isabela, Aurora, Quezon, and Bicol [areas] will experience overcast skies with high chances of rains, lightning, and thunder,” Castañeda said in Filipino.
Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will see partly cloudy to cloudy skies.
Castañeda noted that the absence of the northeast monsoon, or amihan, in any part of the country would bring hot weather at noon.
“There are high chances of isolated rains, sudden lightning, and thunder, especially in the afternoon and evening due to easterlies,” he added.
Meanwhile, the easterlies will bring high chances of rain, lightning, and thunder, especially from noon to evening, to Eastern Visayas.
The ITCZ, or the convergence of winds from the northern and southern hemispheres, will prevail over parts of Mindanao.
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“Caraga, Davao region, and Northern Mindanao will experience moderate to heavy rains due to the ITCZ,” Castañeda said.
Palawan and the rest of the Visayas and Mindanao will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies where isolated rain showers and sudden lightning and thunder are possible due to easterlies and the ITCZ.
Castañeda also said no gale warning is raised over the seaboards of the country. However, she warned that northern Luzon would experience moderate to rough sea conditions.
