Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with rain showers to prevail over PH on Thursday

MANILA, Philippines — Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with rain showers will prevail over the rest of the country on Thursday, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).

These weather conditions will be brought on by the northeast monsoon, locally known as amihan, and localized thunderstorms, the state weather agency added.

“Patuloy ‘yung pag-iral ng hanging amihan, o northeast monsoon, sa may bahagi ng northern at central Luzon ngunit hindi naman ito inaasahang magdadala ng malawakang mga pag-ulan, bagamat bahagyang magiging maulap lang ang kalangitan sa buong bansa sa buong maghapon,” said state weather specialist Patrick del Mundo.

(The northeast monsoon continues to affect parts of northern and central Luzon, but it is not expected to bring widespread rains, although the sky will be slightly cloudy over the country throughout the day.)

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According to Pagasa, the Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, and Central Luzon will be affected by amihan.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country, on the other hand, will experience rain by localized thunderstorms.

Cloud clusters caused by the wind convergence were spotted on the eastern portion of Mindanao, while the cloud clusters outside of the Philippine area of responsibility spotted on Wednesday [PAR] remain unlikely to develop into a typhoon within the next few hours.

“Hindi pa rin ito [cloud clusters sa labas ng PAR] ganap na isang low pressure area,” del Mundo said.

(It [cloud clusters outside the PAR] is still not a low pressure area.)

The shear line, or the convergence of warm and cool winds, is also no longer affecting the country, he added.

The state weather agency did not raise any gale warning alerts in any parts of the archipelago’s seaboard.