Shear line to bring cloudy skies, scattered rains over Cagayan Valley, Ilocos Norte, Apayao

The shear line will bring cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms over parts of northern Luzon on Friday, PAGASA reported in its early morning forecast.

Cagayan Valley, Ilocos Norte, and Apayao will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms brought about by the shear line 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 rainshowers due to the easterlies / localized thunderstorm with possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms.

Wind speed forecast for northern Luzon is moderate to strong moving eastward while coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

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

Sunrise will be at 6:25 a.m. and sunset at 5:53 p.m. -- BAP, GMA News