Shear Line, LPA's trough to bring cloudy skies, rains over parts of PH

The shear line and trough of the Low Pressure Area (LPA) to bring cloudy skies with scattered rains over parts of the country with Northeast Monsoon affecting the rest of Northern Luzon on Friday, PAGASA reported.

At 3 a.m., the LPA was estimated based on all available data at 585 km East of Borongan City, Eastern Samar and unlikely to develop into a tropical depression. The Shear Line will be affecting the eastern sections of Northern and Central Luzon while the northeast Monsoon affecting the rest of Northern Luzon.

The tropical cyclone outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), Super Typhoon IN-FA is 2,935 kilometers east of Northern Luzon, packing maximum winds of 185 kilometers per hour near the center, gutiness of up to 230 km/h, and moving west northwestward at 30 km/h.

Forecast Weather Conditions

Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Aurora, and Quezon will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and isolated thunderstorms due to the Shear Line and flash floods or landslides may occur due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, BARMM, Northern Mindanao, Caraga, and Palawan will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and isolated thunderstorms due to the Trough of the LPA and flash floods or landslides may occur due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Batanes will ave partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains due to the Northeast Monsoon but with no significant impact.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to localized thunderstorms and flash floods or landslides may occur during severe thunderstorms.

Forecast Wind and Coastal Water Conditions

The wind speed forecast for Luzon is moderate and moving northeastward while coastal waters will be moderate.

The rest of the country will experience light to moderate and moving in the northeast to north direction with slight to moderate.

Sunrise at 5:51 a.m., sunset at 5:29 p.m. — BAP, GMA News