Amihan, cold front to bring moderate rains to PHL

A tail-end of a cold front and the northeast monsoon may bring rain to parts of the country in the next 24 hours, state weather forecasters said Monday afternoon.

 

PAGASA, in its 5 p.m. bulletin, said the tail-end of a cold front is affecting Eastern Visayas while the northeast monsoon is affecting Eastern Luzon.

 

"Eastern and Central Visayas, Northern Mindanao and the Caraga region will have cloudy skies with occasional light to moderate rain showers or thunderstorms," it said.

 

It added Bicol, Cagayan Valley and Aurora, Quezon and Palawan provinces will experience cloudy skies with occasional light rain.

 

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy with brief rain showers or thunderstorms, it said.

 

PAGASA also said moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast will prevail over Luzon and its coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

 

Elswhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast with slight to moderate seas.

 

Meanwhile, PAGASA said strong to gale-force winds associated with the northeast monsoon may affect the seaboards of Northern and Central Luzon and the eastern seaboard of Southern Luzon.

 

"Fishing boats and other small seacrafts are advised not to venture out into the sea while larger sea vessels are alerted against big waves," it said. — TJD, GMA News