Cloudy skies, rain over parts of PH on first day of 2026 — PAGASA

The Shear Line and easterlies will bring cloudy skies with rain showers over parts of the country on the first day of 2026, PAGASA reported.

The Northeast Monsoon (amihan) will also be affecting Northern and Central Luzon.

MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, Western Visayas, and Quezon will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and isolated thunderstorms due to the Shear Line. Flash floods or landslides may occur in these areas due to moderate to at times heavy rains.

Mindanao and the rest of Visayas will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the Easterlies with the possibility that flash floods or landslides will 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.

The wind speed forecast for extreme Northern Luzon is strong to gale moving in the northeast to north direction while coastal waters will be rough to very rough.

The rest of Northern Luzon will experience moderate to strong wind speed moving in the northeast to north direction with moderate to rough coastal waters.

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

Sunrise will be at 6:21 a.m., sunset at 5:38 p.m. — BAP, GMA Integrated News