Northern Luzon, Mindanao to experience rain Wednesday—Pagasa

MT Satellite image December 11, 2013, 7:30 a.m. Screengrab from https://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/

MANILA, Philippines—Northern Luzon and Mindanao will experience rains on Wednesday, the state weather bureau said.

The northeast monsoon, or hanging amihan, is affecting northern Luzon, while a trough of low pressure area is affecting Mindanao, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said.

“The regions of Caraga and eastern Visayas will experience cloudy skies with light to moderate rainshowers and thunderstorms,” the weather bulletin said.

The regions of Cagayan, Cordillera and Ilocos and the province of Aurora, meanwhile, will be cloudy with light rains.

Pagasa also warned that strong to gale-force winds are expected to affect the northern seaboard of Northern Luzon due to the prevailing northeast monsoon.

“Fishing boats and other small seacraft are advised not to venture out into the sea while larger sea vessels are alerted against big waves,” Pagasa said.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast will prevail over Luzon and its coastal waters will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the east to northeast with slight to moderate seas.