Pagasa: Cool weather, rain in parts of PH Jan 11
MANILA, Philippines — Cool weather, cloudy skies, and rain will occur Saturday, Jan. 11, in certain portions of the country due to the effects of three weather systems, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said.
In an early Saturday morning bulletin, the state weather agency said the northeast monsoon, locally termed amihan, would make the weather cold and cause overcast skies with rains in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, Aurora, and Quezon.
The northeast monsoon was also forecast to bring partly cloudy to cloudy skies and possibly isolated rain showers to Metro Manila and other parts of Luzon.
(Satellite image from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration)
Pagasa expert Grace Castañeda likewise said during the Saturday morning weathercast that the Bicol Region, Mimaropa, and Visayas will experience overcast skies with rains due to the shear line, the zone where warm winds from the Pacific Ocean – or easterlies – clash with cold winds from the northeast monsoon.
“These rains are moderate to heavy, sometimes intense, especially in the Bicol Region,” she explained in mixed Filipino and English.
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Article continues after this advertisementCastañeda added that Samar provinces will see moderate to heavy rain fall on Saturday, warning that it may cause flooding and landslides.
Article continues after this advertisementThe third weather system – intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) – will influence atmospheric conditions in Mindanao, according to Pagasa.
It will trigger rains in the Davao Region and Soccsksargen on Saturday, it noted.
For the rest of Mindanao, isolated rain showers due to localized thunderstorms will occur, Pagasa added.
“During severe thunderstorms, these rains may be moderate to heavy,” Castañeda explained.
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As for ocean conditions nationwide, Pagasa hoisted a gale warning over the seaboards of the following:
- Batanes
- Ilocos Norte
- Ilocos Sur
- La Union
- western Pangasinan
- Cagayan, including Babuyan Islands
- Isabela
- Aurora
- northern and eastern Polillo Islands
- Calaguas Islands
- northern and eastern Catanduanes
The coasts of these areas were predicted to have 2.8 to 5.5 meters high waves on Saturday.
