Shear line, amihan, easterlies to bring rains across PH
Satellite image from Pagasa
MANILA, Philippines — Overcast skies and rains are expected in many parts of the country on Thursday due to the shear line, the northeast monsoon or amihan, and the easterlies, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said.
Pagasa weather specialist Chenel Dominguez said Visayas, Mimaropa, Bicol Region, Caraga, Laguna, Rizal, and Quezon will see cloudy skies with scattered rains and isolated thunderstorms due to the shear line.
“The convergence of warm and humid air with the northeast monsoon results in the shear line, which affects the eastern section of southern Luzon and the entire Visayas,” Dominguez explained in Filipino in a morning forecast on Thursday.
She further noted that Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Aurora will experience cloudy skies with rains due to the northeast monsoon.
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Article continues after this advertisement“For Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon, particularly in the Ilocos Region, we can expect generally fair weather, but isolated light rains or drizzles may still occur throughout the day,” she added.
Meanwhile, the rest of Mindanao will see partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms.
Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains, as well as severe thunderstorms, may also be expected in the aforementioned areas.
As of Thursday morning, Pagasa is not monitoring any low-pressure area or weather disturbance inside or outside the Philippine area of responsibility.
The state weather bureau also provided the following temperature ranges in the country’s major cities for Thursday:
- Metro Manila: 22 to 30°C
- Baguio City: 15 to 24°C
- Laoag City: 23 to 33°C
- Tuguegarao: 21 to 27°C
- Legazpi City: 23 to 29°C
- Tagaytay: 20 to 27°C
- Puerto Princesa City: 26 to 30°C
- Kalayaan Islands: 26 to 30°C
- Iloilo City: 23 to 31°C
- Cebu: 24 to 30°C
- Tacloban City: 24 to 29°C
- Cagayan De Oro City: 24 to e3°C
- Zamboanga City: 23 to 32°C
- Davao City: 25 to 33°C
Pagasa did not hoist a gale warning in any of the country’s major seaboards on Thursday.
However, Dominguez cautioned that rough sea conditions may persist in the coastal waters of Eastern and Northern Luzon, with wave heights possibly reaching 2.8 to 4 meters.
