The Northeast Monsoon or Amihan, shear line, and easterlies will bring varying weather conditions across the country, including rains and thunderstorms in several areas, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Tuesday, November 10.
In its 4:00 p.m. weather update, PAGASA said the Amihan continues to affect Luzon, while the easterlies prevail over the rest of the country.
Cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms are expected over Eastern Visayas, Central Visayas, Caraga, Davao Region, and Northern Mindanao due to the easterlies.
Meanwhile, the shear line will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms over Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Albay, and Sorsogon.
The weather bureau also forecast cloudy skies with rains over the Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan, Isabela, Aurora, Quezon, and Camarines Norte due to the Northeast Monsoon.
Palawan, Masbate, and the rest of Visayas and Mindanao may experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.
Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains.
PAGASA warned that moderate to at times heavy rains may trigger flash floods or landslides in areas affected by the shear line, Amihan, and easterlies. Severe thunderstorms may also cause similar hazards in other parts of the country.
In its tropical cyclone monitoring, PAGASA reported that Typhoon Cempaka (formerly Samuel) was located 1,940 kilometers east-northeast of Extreme Northern Luzon outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) as of 3:00 p.m.
The typhoon has maximum sustained winds of 150 kilometers per hour (km/h), gustiness of up to 185 km/h, and is moving east-northeastward at 35 km/h.
For coastal waters, moderate to strong northeast winds are expected over Luzon, with waves reaching 2.1 to 4.5 meters in Northern Luzon and 2.1 to 3.8 meters in the rest of Luzon.
Meanwhile, light to moderate east to northeast winds will prevail over Visayas and Mindanao, with coastal waters ranging from slight to moderate at 0.6 to 2.5 meters.
