Shear line to bring scattered rains over Batanes, Apayao, 5 other areas

The shear line will be affecting the eastern section of Luzon while the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) will be affecting Mindanao on Thursday, PAGASA reported.

Batanes, Apayao, Cagayan, Rizal, Laguna, Quezon, and Camarines Norte will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms brought about by the shear line with possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Visayas, Caraga, Davao Region, Northern Mindanao, and Zamboanga del Norte will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the ITCZ 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 rain showers or thunderstorms due to the ITCZ and localized thunderstorms with possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms.

The wind speed forecast for Northern Luzon and the eastern sections of Central and Southern Luzon is moderate to strong moving in the east to northeast while coastal areas will be moderate to rough.

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

Sunrise will be at 6:05 a.m., sunset at 5:25 p.m. -- BAP, GMA Integrated News