Shear line, ITCZ to bring scattered rains to Luzon, Mindanao

The shear line and the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) are expected to bring scattered rains to parts of Luzon and Mindanao on Monday.

Batanes, Cagayan, and Isabela will experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the shear line, with a risk of flash floods or landslides.

Areas in Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga Peninsula, and the Davao Region will also have scattered rain showers and thunderstorms because of the ITCZ, also posing a risk of flash floods or landslides.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to easterlies and localized thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough seas will prevail over Luzon, with a gale warning issued over the northern, eastern and western seaboards of Northern Luzon, advising small seacraft not to venture out.

A low pressure area embedded along the ITCZ was last located 1,960 kilometers east of Mindanao and could possibly develop into a tropical cyclone, potentially entering the Philippine Area of Responsibility by Tuesday or Wednesday.