Monsoon brings heavy rains to Metro Manila, provinces
By DJ Yap
Metro Manila and neighboring provinces on Friday were lashed by rains brought about by the northeast monsoon, or the cold winds blowing in from Siberia, according to the weather bureau.
Metro Manila and neighboring provinces on Friday were lashed by rains brought about by the northeast monsoon, or the cold winds blowing in from Siberia, according to the weather bureau.
The northeast monsoon or “hanging amihan” will continue to prevail over Luzon while several parts of the country will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rains, the state weather bureau said Monday.
Expect the sky to remain gray and gloomy as the northeast monsoon continues to prevail over Luzon and the Visayas, while the tail-end of a cold front is affecting Mindanao, the state weather bureau said.
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 first day of 2013 will be cloudy with a chance of showers in most parts of the country, according to a special outlook for the New Year by the state weather bureau. But no new storm appears to be in sight.
Expect fair weather in Metro Manila and most other parts of Luzon on Christmas Day, interrupted only by passing showers, but it will likely be wetter down south, in parts of the Visayas and Mindanao, the state weather bureau said Friday.
The northeast monsoon or hanging amihan will bring light rains over Northern Luzon, the state weather bureau said Wednesday.
Parts of the county will experience rain showers and cloudy skies due to a low pressure area and a northeast monsoon, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Friday.
