Shear line to bring widespread rain showers over Eastern Visayas, 2 other areas

The shear line continues to affect Visayas on Monday and will cause cloudy skies with scattered to widespread rain showers and thunderstorms over Eastern Visayas, Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Islands, PAGASA said in its weather forecast.

Flooding or landslides may possibly occur due to rains which may be heavy to intense and at times torrential.

Northern Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula. Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Palawan, and the rest of Visayas and Caraga will also experience cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the shear line.

During times of heavy rains, flash floods or landslides may possibly result.

Meanwhile, the Northeast Monsoon (Amihan) is affecting Luzon and will bring partly cloudy to cloudy skies with light rains over Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon.

The rest of Mindanao on the other hand will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to localized thunderstorms. During severe thunderstorms, flash floods or landslides may result.

Coastal waters will be moderate to rough in the seaboards of Luzon, Visayas and the eastern section of Mindanao, with waves possibly reaching up to 5 meters tall.

The rest of Mindanao will have slight to moderate coastal waters.

Sunrise will be at 6:18 a.m. while sunset will be at 5:35 p.m. —KG, GMA Integrated News