The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration says that easterlies, or warm winds blowing from the Pacific Ocean, will prevail over the country on Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Pagasa)
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� The state weather bureau said on Saturday that easterlies, or warm winds blowing from the Pacific Ocean, will prevail over the country throughout the day.
鈥淜ahapon ay opisyal na ngang idineklara ng Pagasa聽[Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration] ang pagtatapos ng northeast monsoon season. Kaakibat nito 鈥榶ung patuloy na epekto naman ng easterlies,鈥� Pagasa weather specialist Daniel James Villamil said in an early morning forecast.
(Yesterday, Pagasa officially declared the end of the northeast monsoon season. Along with this, the continuous effect of the easterlies persists.)
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The said weather system will bring cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over Aurora, Quezon, and Camarines Norte, Pagasa said.
Metro Manila and the rest of the country, on the other hand, may expect generally fair weather conditions with chances of partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to easterlies and localized thunderstorms.
Pagasa warned those residing in low-lying areas against possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains.
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In a press conference last Friday, Pagasa chief Dr. Nathaniel Servando formally announced the termination of the northeast monsoon season and the start of the dry season, or 鈥渟ummer,鈥� as commonly referred to by Filipinos.
Ana Liza Solis, officer-in-charge of the climatology and agrometeorology division of Pagasa, also said that this summer 鈥渃ould be one of the warmest鈥� dry seasons ever recorded in the Philippines due to the ongoing effects of El Ni帽o.
Solis said that temperatures in the Cagayan Valley Region could reach 40潞C from March to May.
Additionally, the heat index, or the temperature that the human body feels, may reach the 鈥渄anger鈥� and 鈥渆xtreme danger鈥� categories from April to May.