Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine
Human-Machine Interface; Situational Awareness
Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory
Airspace Structure; Procedure
While operating Aircraft X; we had a GPWS event. I was the Pilot Monitoring (PM) and the first officer was the pilot flying (PF). It was a clear day and we had the terrain in sight the whole time. We had been cleared for the visual approach into ZZZ and were configuring to land; coming over the hills/mountains. There was some turbulence and as we were coming over the mountains; we received the GPWS warnings. I had previously mentioned to the first officer it might be advisable to stay slightly high until we we're past the hills/mountains. Once we received the warnings; we immediately stopped the descent and complied with the GPWS command. We continued on with the visual approach and landed without any issue. We detected the event had occurred when we got the GPWS warning.The cause of the event could be attributed to the mountainous terrain; slight turbulence; and the fact that we were cleared for the visual approach and descended slightly early coming over the terrain.Once we received the GPWS warnings; we arrested the descent and complied with the GPWS commands.To avoid events like this; it might be helpful to delay getting cleared for the visual until you're closer to the airports; past terrain such as hills/mountains. Also; stay at a slightly higher altitude when crossing over terrain such as hills/mountains.
E145 Captain reported a GPWS warning on approach with the terrain in sight.