IT will be a rainy day today, the first day of work after long holiday weekend. Did you bring your new Christmas-gifted umbrellas?

Why is it rainy?

State weather forecasting agency Pagasa said two weather systems are affecting the country today — Low-Pressure Area (LPA) located 145km from General Santos and the Northeast Monsoon.

The trough or extension of the LPA is affecting Visayas, Mindanao and Palawan. The “hanging amihan” is still affecting Luzon.

What’s the impact?

Areas battered by the Christmas Shearline and Northeast Monsoon will experience moderate to at times heavy rains again so there might be landslides or flashfloods.

• Visayas provinces, Caraga, Davao Region, Northern Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula and Palawan will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms.
• Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Bicol and Cagayan Valley regions,  as well as the province of Aurora will also get moderate to at times heavy rains. This time, it’s the Northeast Monsoon bringing in the rains.

Not so heavy rains for other Mindanao areas but…

The rest of Mindanao will have partly cloudy skies with isolated rain showers and thunderstorms. Although the rains brought about by local thunderstorms will not be as heavy, Pagasa still warned of possible flashfloods in areas which have been receiving a lot of rains the past few weeks.

Other parts of Luzon chill with amihan

The rest of Luzon will be generally fair, though sometimes with light rains.

Temperature check

It was kind of hot yesterday for some areas in the country, one may think it is not yet January.

On the average, the temperature forecast would be a low of 24.1°C  around 5:15 am, to as high as 31.8°C. It might be humid in the morning, at 94 percent relative humidity around 5:15 am.

December Solstice in January

• Sunrise 6:22 am
• Sunset 5:39 pm

Fishermen alert

The Northeast Monsoon also tags along strong to gale-force winds and is affecting northern Luzon. Sea conditions could be very rough, with waves as high as four meters or one-story building.

Avoid venturing out to the sea if you are fishing or going on inter-island travel on board small sea crafts to the following areas:

Weather at a glance

Place	Weather Condition	Impacts
Visayas, Caraga, Davao Region, Northern Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula, and Palawan	Cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms	Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains
Metro Manila, CALABARZON, Cagayan Valley, Aurora, and Bicol Region	Cloudy skies with rains	Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains
The rest of Luzon	Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with light rains	No significant impact
The rest of Mindanao	Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms	Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms

Visayas dayalekto

Ang tibook Visayas, Palawan apil na ang Kalayaan Islands, ug ang Occidental Mindoro makasinati ug madag-umon na kalangitan inubanan sa mga katag-katag na mga pag-ulan, pagpangilat ug pagpanugdog tungod sa Trough sa LPA.

Kasarangan ngadto na sa kusog na hangin nga gikan sa Sidlakan ngadto na sa Amihanang-sidlakan ang mupasulabi sa tibook Visayas, Palawan lakip na ang Kalayaan Islands, ug sa Occidental Mindoro diin ang kadagatan adunay kasarangan ngadto na sa baluron ang kahimtang.

Mindanao dayalekto

Ang rehiyon sa Northern Mindanao Caraga ug ang rehiyon sa Davao makasinati sa mapanganuron nga kalangitan inubanan sa katag-katag nga pag ulan, kilat ug panalugdog tungod sa Trough of LPA. Ang ubang dapit sa Mindanao makasinati sa panalagsang pag dag-um ngadto na sa mapanganuron nga kalangitan inubanan sa patak-patak nga pag ulan, kilat ug panalugdog tungod sa Trough of LPA. Kasarangan ngadto na sa kusog nga hangin ang magagikan sa habagantang silangan ngadto na sa amihanang silangang direksyon ug ang kadagatan kasarangan ngadto na sa kasarangan ang pagbalud.

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banner photo: screenshot of rain forecast courtesy windy.com