Amihan, shear line to bring cloudy skies, rains over Luzon

The Northeast Monsoon or amihan will be affecting extreme Northern Luzon while the shear line will affect the eastern section of Central Luzon and the rest of Northern Luzon on Friday, PAGASA reported.

Palawan will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the easterlies with the possibility that flash floods or landslides will occur due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Cagayan, Isabela, Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, and Aurora will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and isolated thunderstorms due to the shear line with the possibility that flash floods or landslides will occur due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Batanes will have cloudy skies with rains due to the northeast monsoon with the possibility that flash floods or landslides will occur due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Ilocos Region and the rest of Cordillera Administrative Region and Cagayan Valley will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the shear line with the possibility that flash floods or landslides will occur during severe thunderstorms.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to localized thunderstorms with the possibility that flash floods or landslides will occur during severe thunderstorms.

The wind speed forecast for northern Luzon is moderate to strong moving northeastward with moderate to rough coastal waters.

The rest of the country will have light to moderate wind speed moving in the east to northeast direction while coastal waters are slight to moderate.

Sunrise will be at 6:22 a.m., sunset at 5:39 p.m. — BAP, GMA Integrated News