Amihan to bring rain over parts of Luzon on Ash Wednesday

The northeast monsoon or amihan will bring cloudy skies and rains over various areas in Luzon on Wednesday, PAGASA reported.

Cagayan Valley, Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, and Ifugao will have cloudy skies with rains brought about by the northeast monsoon with possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate with at times heavy rains.

Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to localized thunderstorms with possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms.

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

The wind speed forecast for Luzon is moderate to strong moving in the northeast to north direction while coastal waters are moderate to rough.

The eastern sections of Visayas and Mindanao will experience moderate to strong wind speed moving in the north to northeast direction with moderate to rough coastal waters.

The rest of the country will experience light to moderate wind speed moving northeastward while coastal waters remain slight to moderate.

Sunrise will be at 6:17 a.m., sunset at 6:02 p.m. -- BAP, GMA Integrated News