Rains expected as 3 weather systems affect PH on Friday

MANILA, Philippines — Three weather systems continue to affect the Philippines on Friday, bringing rains and cloudy skies, according to the state weather bureau.

In its morning forecast, weather specialist Leanne Loreto of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said a shear line, the northeast monsoon, and easterlies are prevailing over the country.

“The first is the shear line, or the convergence of the northeast monsoon and easterlies, which is currently affecting the eastern section of southern Luzon,” she said in Filipino.

Pagasa said the shear line will initially affect the Bicol Region, Quezon, Rizal, Laguna, Batangas, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, and Romblon, bringing cloudy skies with scattered rain and isolated thunderstorms.

However, its axis is expected to shift, affecting other parts of the country by Friday afternoon, Loreto added.

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“But by Friday afternoon, the axis of the shear line will move northward, bringing cloudy weather and a high chance of rain to residents in Aurora, Quirino, and Isabela,” she explained in Filipino.

The northeast monsoon, locally known as amihan, will also bring cloudy skies with light rain over the rest of Cagayan Valley, Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, and Ifugao, Pagasa said.

Metro Manila, the Ilocos Region, the rest of Central Luzon, the remainder of the Cordillera Administrative Region, and the rest of Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) will also be affected by the amihan, experiencing partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rain on Friday.

Meanwhile, the easterlies will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms to Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Caraga, Davao Region, and Soccsksargen.

The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms also due to the easterlies, Pagasa said.

According to the state weather bureau, no weather disturbances are being monitored at the time of broadcast.