3 weather systems to continue bringing rains in most parts of PH – PAGASA

The state weather bureau is monitoring three weather systems – a low pressure area, the shear line, and the northeast monsoon – that may continue to bring rains in most parts of the country in the next 24-hour period.

This newly-formed LPA was last spotted 1,000 kilometers (km) east of southeastern Mindanao. Based on the latest forecast issued by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), this weather disturbance is less likely to develop into a tropical cyclone.

Due to the combined effects of the LPA and the shear line – a weather system that forms when cold and warm air masses meet – Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao may expect cloudy skies with scattered rain showers on Saturday, Jan. 7.

The northeast monsoon, locally known as “amihan,” will continue to blow cold winds and cause cloudy skies with rains in Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, the rest of MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, Aurora, and Quezon.

“Yung mga pagulan natin ay pinakamatindi dito sa Quezon at bahagi ng Bicol Region, bagamat mas kaunti na kumpara nitong mga nagdaang araw. Gayunpaman, pinag iingat natin ang mga sa posibleng pagbaha at landslides (The rains are most severe here in Quezon and parts of the Bicol Region, it will be lesser as compared to what was experienced in the past few days. However, we are still reminding the residents of the said areas to be alert against possible flooding and landslides),” said PAGASA Weather Specialist Benison Estareja in a public weather forecast on Saturday morning.

Lesser rains, according to Estareja, are expected in Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon.