Northeast monsoon, shear line, easterlies to bring cloudy skies, rains over PH

The Northeast Monsoon, Shear Line will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains over Luzon while the effects of the easterlies will be felt in the rest of the country, PAGASA reported in its Tuesday afternoon forecast.

Typhoon Cempaka (formerly Samuel) is being monitored by the state weather bureau and is currently outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) or 1,940 kilometers east northeast of extreme Northern Luzon packing maximum sustained winds of 150 kilometers per hour, gustiness of up to 185 km/h, and moving east northeastward at the speed of 35 km/h.

Forecast Weather Conditions

Eastern Visayas, Central Visayas, Caraga, Davao Region, and Northern Mindanao will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the easterlies and flash floods or landslides may occur due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Albay, and Sorsogon will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and isolated rain showers and thunderstorms due to the Shear Line and flash floods or landslides may occur due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan, Isabela, Aurora, Quezon, and Camarines Norte will have cloudy skies with rains due to the Northeast Monsoon and flash floods or landslides may occur due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Palawan, Masbate, and the rest of Visayas and Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the easterlies and flash floods or landslides may occur during severe thunderstorms.

Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains due to the Northeast Monsoon but this will have no significant impact.

Forecast Wind and Coastal Water Conditions

The wind speed forecast for Northern Luzon is moderate to strong and moving northeastward while coastal waters will remain moderate to rough.

The rest of Luzon will experience moderate to strong wind speed moving northeastward while coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

Visayas and Mindanao will experience light to moderate wind speed moving in the east to northeast direction with slight to moderate coastal waters.

Sunset will be at 5:25 p.m. — BAP, GMA News