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14 December 2025

Newsletter: Ateneo, Manila Observatory track down elusive rain-triggering ‘shear lines’

[THIS IS A PRESS RELEASE]

Danika Geronimo, Ateneo de Manila University Research Communications

Much of the heavy rains that hit the Philippines during the Amihan northeast monsoon season between November and March are triggered by “shear lines”: kilometers-long bands of converging warm and cold air that are constantly shifting and difficult to spot even via satellite.