Amihan to bring cloudy skies, rains over Batanes, Babuyan islands

The northeast monsoon or amihan will bring cloudy skies, rains over parts of northern Luzon, PAGASA reported in its early morning forecast.

Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have cloudy skies with rains due to northeast monsoon with possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and the rest of Cagayan Valley will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains due to the northeast monsoon with no significant impact.

Caraga and Davao Region will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the easterlies with possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to the easterlies / localized thunderstorms with possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms.

The wind speed forecast for northern Luzon is moderate to strong moving in the east to southeast direction while coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

The eastern sections of Visayas, central and southern Luzon will experience moderate to strong wind speed moving in the east to northeast direction while coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

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

The sunrise will be at 6:19 a.m., sunset at 6:01 p.m. -- BAP, GMA News