Fair Weather Seen in Most Parts of PHL Until Friday

Except Northern Luzon, fair weather is expected to prevail in most parts of the country in the next three days, according to Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Wednesday.

In an interview, PAGASA weather forecaster Chris Perez 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 to five days or until weekend and at this time the northeast monsoon or “hangin amihan” continues to affect extreme Northern Luzon.

PAGASA expects one more tropical cyclone to affect the country before the year ends.

The next tropical cyclone will be locally named “Nonoy”, the 14th tropical cyclone to affect the country this year.

He said for the next three days expect fair weather in most parts of the country except for light rains in extreme Northern Luzon due to the presence of northeast monsoon, the dominant weather system affecting the country.

“So far the effect of northeast monsoon is concentrated in Northern Luzon but it will also bring cold mornings in some parts of Luzon, including Metro Manila, and the northeast monsoon usually peaks from early January to mid-February,” Perez told the Philippines News Agency (PNA).

He added it starts blowing into the country from Siberia every mid-October and strengthens every mid-December.

In Metro Manila, the range of temperature will be 24-33 degrees Celsius for Wednesday while Baguio, the country’s summer capital will range from 16-25 degrees Celsius.

For Wednesday forecast, PAGASA said partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains is expected over Batanes, Calayan and Babuyan group of islands while partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms will prevail over Metro Manila and the rest of the country.

It added moderate to occasionally strong winds blowing from the northeast will prevail over extreme Northern Luzon and coming from the east to northeast over the eastern section of the country.

The coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to occasionally rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast with slight to moderate seas.

The state weather bureau lifted the gale warning as the fisherfolk are safe to venture out into the seas. (PNA) JBP/CLTC