LPA, shear line to bring rains over parts of Visayas, Mindanao

At 3 a.m. on Thursday, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated at 380 kilometers east of Surigao City, Surigao del Norte as the shear line will continue to affect parts of Southern Luzon and Visayas, PAGASA reported.

Eastern Visayas, Central Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Negros Occidental, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Agusan del Norte, Surigao del Norte, and Dinagat Islands will have cloudy skies with scattered to widespread rain showers and thunderstorms brought about by the LPA and shear line with possible flooding or landslides due to moderate to heavy with at times intense rains.

Bicol Region, Romblon, and the rest of Visayas and Mindanao will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms also due to the LPA and shear line with possible flooding or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains.

Cagayan Valley, Aurora, Quezon, and the rest of MIMAROPA will have cloudy skies with rains due to the northeast monsoon with possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate with at times heavy rains.

Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with light rains also due to the northeast monsoon but with no significant impact.

The wind speed forecast for Luzon is moderate to strong moving in the northeast to east direction with moderate to rough coastal waters.

Visayas and Mindanao will experience moderate to strong wind speed moving in the northeast to northwest direction while coastal waters will remain moderate to rough.

Sunrise will be at 6:24 a.m, sunset at 5:44 p.m. -- BAP, GMA Integrated News