Shear line, amihan to bring cloudy skies, rains across PH

The Shear Line, Northeast Monsoon (Amihan) and Easterlies are forecast to bring cloudy skies and rains across the country on Sunday, according to PAGASA.

The Shear Line is expected to affect the eastern section of Southern Luzon, bringing cloudy skies with scattered rains and isolated thunderstorms over Aurora, Quezon, and Camarines Norte.

Meanwhile, the Amihan is expected to affect Northern and Central Luzon on Sunday.

It is forecast to bring cloudy skies with light rains over Cagayan Valley, Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, and Ifugao. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains are expected over the Ilocos Region, and the rest of the Cordillera Administrative Region and Central Luzon.

The Easterlies are forecast to affect the rest of the country, bringing cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms over Eastern Visayas, Central Visayas, Caraga, Northern Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula, and Davao Oriental.

It is also expected to bring partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms over Metro Manila and the rest of the country.

As of 3 p.m., Tropical Storm Cempaka was located outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility at 2,175 km east of Extreme Northern Luzon. While moving west-northwestward, it had maximum sustained winds of 65 kph and gusts of up to 80 kph.

On Sunday, moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough coastal waters are expected in Northern Luzon, with waves running from 1.5 meters to 4.0 meters.

Meanwhile, light to moderate winds and slight to moderate coastal waters are expected in the rest of the country, with waves running from 0.6 meters to 2.1 meters in Visayas and Mindanao, and from 0.6 meters to 2.5 meters in the rest of Luzon.

At the PAGASA Science Garden weather station in Diliman, Quezon City, the highest temperature recorded on Saturday reached 32.5 degrees Celsius at 3 p.m., while the lowest temperature was logged at 24.2 degrees Celsius at 2:00 a.m.

Sunrise in Metro Manila on Sunday is at 5:54 a.m. —VAL, GMA News