Pagasa: Cloudy Valentine’s Day with isolated rain showers expected

MANILA, Philippines — The shear line and the northeast monsoon or “amihan” will bring rain to Northern Luzon on Monday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) reported.

The shear line  or the convergence of the easterly winds and the northeast monsoon will bring cloudy skies and scattered rain showers and thunderstorms to Cagayan Valley.

The Ilocos region and Cordillera Administrative Region, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers due to the “amihan”.

The rest of the country, including Metro Manila, can expect partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the easterlies and localized thunderstorms.

Pagasa raised a gale warning over the seaboards of Batanes due to the amihan.

“Dahil sa northeast monsoon o amihan ay mayroon po tayong nakataas na gale warning dito po ‘yan sa dagat-baybayin ng Batanes kung saan hindi po muna natin pinapayagang pumalaot ‘yung mga kababayan po nating mangingisda pati na rin ‘yung may mga maliliit na sasakyang pandagat,” Pagasa weather specialist Grace Castañeda said.

(Due to the northeast monsoon or amihan, a gale warning is raised over the coasts of Batanes wherein we do not allow our fishermen and those with small vessels.)

Meanwhile, no weather disturbance is being monitored by the weather agency.

“Sa kasalukuyan po ay wala tayong mino-monitor na sama ng panahon na maaaring makaapekto dito sa ating bansa,” Castañeda said.

(Currently, we are not monitoring any weather disturbance that may affect the country.)

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