Tail-end of cold front causing rain in Metro Manila, parts of PH–Pagasa

MANILA, Philippines — A tail-end of a cold front affecting Northern and Central Luzon is causing rain in parts of the country, including Metro Manila, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Monday.

But the rain is expected to ease  tonight or Tuesday morning, said Pagasa weather forecaster Jori Loiz.

A cold front is formed from the replacement of cold air mass with warmer air mass, said Loiz.

In its 5 a.m. bulletin, Pagasa said Luzon and Mindanao would experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming cloudy with widespread rains over Northern Luzon and the eastern section of Southern Luzon which may trigger flashfloods and landslides, it said.

The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast and east will prevail over Luzon and coming from the east over the rest of the country. The coastal waters throughout the archipelago will be moderate to rough, the state weather bureau said.