Metro Manila, parts of Luzon, Visayas to see rains Jan 14

Metro Manila and parts of Luzon and Visayas will experience overcast skies and rains due to the easterlies and northeast monsoon on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). Weather satellite image from Pagasa

MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila and parts of Luzon and Visayas will experience overcast skies and rains due to the easterlies and northeast monsoon on Tuesday, Jan. 14.

Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) specialist Chenel Dominguez said in a morning weathercast that Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon would experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains due to the northeast monsoon, locally termed amihan.

She also said the northeast monsoon will influence Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Bicol Region, Mimaropa, and Quezon atmospheric conditions.

“Inaasahan pa rin po nating makakaranas pa rin po ng patuloy na mga pag-ulan dito sa may Bicol Region, Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Mimaropa, pati na rin sa Quezon dulot po ito ng northeast monsoon,” Dominguez explained.

(Due to the northeast monsoon, we still expect continued rains in the Bicol Region, Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Mimaropa, and Quezon.)

READ: 9°C-level temperature seen for Baguio, upland Luzon in February

The easterlies, meanwhile, would bring overcast skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms to Eastern Visayas on Tuesday.

“Makikita natin dito sa may Tacloban or particularly sa may Eastern Visayas ay makakaranas sila ng maulap na papawirin na may mga kalat-kalat na pag-ulan, dulot po ito ng easterlies,” Dominguez said.

(We can see that Tacloban, or particularly Eastern Visayas, will experience cloudy skies with scattered rains caused by the easterlies.)

READ: Shear line to trigger heavy rains in parts of Luzon, Visayas

She then warned of possible flash floods or landslides in these areas due to moderate to heavy rainfall.

The easterlies will also trigger partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms in the rest of the country, Dominguez said.

No low-pressure area is being monitored by the state weather bureau as of Tuesday, she added.

But Pagasa raised Tuesday a gale warning over the seaboards of the following:

Luzon

• Batanes
• Cagayan (including Babuyan Islands)
• Isabela
• Aurora
• Northern Quezon (including the eastern coast of Polillo Islands)
• Camarines Norte
• Northern Camarines Sur
• Northern and Eastern Catanduanes
• Eastern Albay
• Eastern Sorsogon

Visayas

• Northern and eastern coasts of Northern Samar and Eastern Samar