Amihan to bring cloudy skies, rains over Luzon, Visayas

The northeast monsoon or amihan will be affecting Luzon and Visayas on Thursday, PAGASA reported in its early morning forecast.

Bicol Region, Western Visayas, and Samar Provinces will have cloudy skies with rains brought about by the northeast monsoon with possible flash floods or landslides occurring during moderate with at times heavy rains.

Cagayan Valley, Caraga, and the provinces of Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Aurora, Quezon, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, and Romblon will have cloudy skies with light rains due to the northeast monsoon with no significant impact.

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

The rest of Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers brought about by localized thunderstorm. Flash floods or landslides may occur in the region, PAGASA warned, during severe thunderstorms.

Luzon and Visayas will experience moderate to strong wind speed moving northeastward while coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

Wind speed in Mindanao will be light to moderate moving northeastward as coastal waters remain slight to moderate.

The sun will rise by 6:24 a.m. and set by 5:56 p.m. -- BAP, GMA News