Pagasa warns: It’s gonna get colder
By Jeannette I. Andrade
Metro Manila residents are advised to bundle up in the early morning hours until February, after thermometer levels dipped below 20 degrees Celsius on Sunday.

Metro Manila residents are advised to bundle up in the early morning hours until February, after thermometer levels dipped below 20 degrees Celsius on Sunday.

Tourism officials and ukay-ukay (secondhand bargain goods) traders in the summer capital rejoiced on Friday when the temperature dropped further to 9.5 degrees Celsius.

The tail end of a cold front affecting the Philippines has weakened but it will continue to spawn clouds and light rains over the Visayas and Northern Mindanao, the weather bureau said Thursday.

Northeasterly monsoon winds (amihan) will bring even colder mornings in Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon this week, while the tail end of a cold front could trigger heavy rains in parts of the Visayas and Mindanao, state weather forecasters said.

The tail-end of a cold front in Eastern Visayas and the northeast monsoon (Amihan) affecting Eastern Luzon will bring cloudy skies and rains in parts of the Philippines, the state weather bureau said Tuesday.

Rains are expected in parts of the country even as tropical storm Nina exited the Philippine territory, the state weather bureau said Friday.

Bundle up for colder mornings. The northeast monsoon or “amihan” is forecast to sweep across Luzon Tuesday and eventually the rest of the archipelago in the coming weeks, bringing in cool weather that most Filipinos associate with the advent of Christmas. “We should expect to feel like Christmas. Brace for cooler mornings. Bring out the [...]