Cloudy Skies, Light Rains To Continue — PAGASA

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Thursday said the country will remain storm-free in the next three days.

PAGASA weather forecaster Aldczar Aurelio said the agency has not seen any weather disturbance near the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) that may develop into tropical cyclone within the next three days or until weekend.

Aurelio said the agency expect zero to one tropical cyclone to affect the country this month.

Except in the eastern section of the country, many parts of the country will continue to experience fair weather until weekend.

He noted the dominant weather system affecting the eastern section of the country is the cold winds brought by the northeast monsoon or “hanging amihan”.

For Thursday forecast, Aurelio said the presence of northeast monsoon will bring cloudy skies with light rains over the regions of Bicol, Eastern Visayas and Caraga and the provinces of Cagayan, Aurora and Quezon while partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains will prevail over Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon.

Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms will prevail over the rest of the country.

Aurelio also said the state-run weather bureau issued a gale warning due to the strong to gale force winds associated with the northeast monsoon as the sea condition would be rough to very rough in eastern seaboards of Southern Luzon and of Visayas.

“Fishing boats and other small seacrafts are advised not to venture out into the sea while larger sea vessels are alerted against big waves,” it warned.

It added moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast to east will prevail over Luzon and coming from the northeast over Visayas. The coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast with slight to moderate seas. (PNA) JBP/CLTC