FRIDAY the 13th and the weekend will be pretty wet in Southern Luzon, Visayas, and parts of Mindanao.
Blame the low pressure area, the northeast monsoon, and the shear line, which will all bring rains in different parts of the country, according to the state weather bureau.
Prepare for possible heavy rainfall warnings.
The low pressure area east of Mindanao has a pretty broad circulation and will affect parts of Southern Luzon, Visayas, and parts of Mindanao today.
The shear line, which is where the cold northeast monsoon and the warm air from the low pressure area meet, may also bring heavy rains over Eastern Visayas and the Bicol region today.
Luzon weather
Prepare for rains if you’re going out in Albay, Sorsogon, Masbate, Catanduanes, and Romblon due to the LPA and shear line.
The rains are expected to be moderate to heavy with at times intense, which means prepare for possible flash floods and landslides.
The Camarines provinces, Mimaropa and Quezon province will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rains and thunderstorms. Flash floods and landslides are also possible.
The cold air from the northeast monsoon will bring cloudy skies with light to moderate rains in Cagayan Valley, Aurora, the rest of Calabarzon, and Metro Manila.
Central Luzon, Ilocos region, and the Cordillera Administrative Region will just have cloudy skies and light rains.
Visayas
It’s going to be rainy in the Visayas provinces today, especially Eastern and Central Visayas as a direct effect of the low pressure area.
These areas should prepare for possible flash floods and landslides and be on the lookout for heavy rainfall warnings.
Mindanao
Zamboanga peninsula, Northern Mindanao, and the Caraga region especially Dinagat Islands and Surigao de Norte will also have rains due to the low pressure area.
These areas should still prepare for possible flashfloods and landslides. But the rains won’t be as heavy as in the past two days.
Bangsamoro, Socckskargen, and the Davao region will have partly cloudy skies. It will be warm at noon, and the localized thunderstorms may return in the afternoon and evening.
Weekend weather
The LPA will continue to bring rains in Southern Luzon and Bicol, Visayas, and Northern Mindanao on Saturday and Sunday.
Metro Manila will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over the weekend. There will be light to moderate with at times heavy rains due to the LPA and shear line.
Baguio City will only have light rains over the weekend due to the northeast monsoon.
The Bicol region can expect moderate to heavy with at times intense rains this weekend.
Metro Cebu and the rest of the Visayas can expect cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the LPA and shear line
The LPA will not affect Metro Davao this weekend, but it will experience localized thunderstorms.
The LPA is expected to dissipate by Monday.
Don’t go out to sea in these areas
Rough to very rough seas are expected in the following areas with a gale warning:
- Eastern coast of Cagayan
- Isabela
- Aurora
- Northern Quezon including Polilio Islands
- Camarines Norte
- Northern coast of Camarines Sur and eastern coast of Catanduanes
- Eastern coast of Albay
- Eastern coast of Sorsogon
- Northern Samar
- Eastern Samar
- Eastern coast of Southern Leyte
- Dinagat Islands
- Eastern coast of Surigao del Norte
Temperature check
Baguio City, one of the coldest parts of the country, chilled at 13.4 degrees Celsius at 4:50 a.m. today. The highest temperature in the city today will be 24 degrees Celsius
Laoag and Tuguegarao will also be chilly at certain parts of the day. Laoag temperature will be 20 to 31 degrees Celsius, and Tuguegarao 20 to 29 degrees Celsius.
Tagaytay temperature will range from 21 to 29 degrees Celsius.
Metro Manila will not be as cold at 23 to 30 degrees Celsius.
Legazpi temperature will range from 25 to 28 degrees Celsius, Puerto Princesa 25 to 30 degrees Celsius, and Kalayaan Islands 26 to 31 degrees Celsius.
Cebu and Iloilo temperature will range from 25 to 29 degrees Celsius, and in Tacloban it will be 23 to 27 degrees Celsius.
Davao temperature will range from 25 to 31 degrees Celsius, Cagayan de Oro 24 to 28 degrees Celsius, and Zamboanga 23 to 31 degrees Celsius.
Visayas forecast
Ang Eastern ug Central Visayas makasinati ug madag-umon na kalangitan inubanan sa mga katag-katag ngadto na lukop na mga pag-ulan, pagpangilat ug pagpanugdog tungod sa LPA. And nahibiling bahin sa Visayas, Occidental Mindoro, ug ang Palawan lakip na ang Kalayaan Islands makasinati ug madag-umon na kalangitan inubanan sa mga katag-katag na mga pag-ulan, pagpangilat ug pagpanugdog tungod sa LPA/Amihan.
Kasarangan ngadto na sa kusog na hangin nga gikan sa Habagatang-Sidlakan ngadto na sa Amihanang-sidlakan ang mupasulabi sa tibook Visayas samtang gikan sa Amihanang-sidlakan ngadto na sa Sidlakan ang mupasulabi sa Palawan lakip na ang Kalayaan Islands, ug sa Occidental Mindoro diin ang kadagatan adunay kasarangan ngadto na sa baluron ang kahimtang.
Mindanao forecast
Ang Caraga, Northern Mindanao, ug Zamboanga Peninsula makasinati sa mapanganuron nga kalangitan inubanan sa katag katag nga pag ulan, kilat ug panalugdog tungod sa LPA. Posible ang pagbaha ug pagdahili sa yuta tungod sa kasarangan ngadto na sa kusog nga pag-ulan. Ang ubang dapit sa Mindanao makasinati sa panalagsang pagdag-um ngadto na sa mapanganuron nga kalangitan inubanan sa pat-ak pat-ak nga pag ulan, kilat ug panalugdog tungod sa Localized Thunderstorms. Kasarangan ngadto na sa kusog nga hangin ang magagikan sa habagatang silangan ngadto na sa amihanang silangang direksyon ug ang kadagatan kasarangan ngadto na sa kusog ang pagbalud.
