MANILA, Philippines — Fair weather with partly cloudy to cloudy skies and isolated rain showers will prevail nationwide as Typhoon Haishen is expected to graze the northeastern edge of the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) Friday morning, according to the state weather bureau.
“Haishen” was last spotted 1,440 kilometers east of extreme northern Luzon outside PAR, based on the 4 a.m. weather forecast of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
It has maximum sustained winds of 165 kilometers per hour (kph) and gustiness of up to 205 kph, and is moving west northwestward at 15 kph.
“Inaasahan po natin na ngayong umaga ay posible na itong pumasok ng PAR. Pag pumasok ito ng PAR, bibigyan natin sya ng local name na Kristine,” Pagasa weather specialist Ezra Bulquerin said.
(We expect that it may enter PAR this morning. Once it enters PAR, it will be given the local name Kristine.)
The typhoon is not expected to significantly affect the weather condition in the country, he added.
Meanwhile, the southwest monsoon is currently affecting the weather condition in extreme northern Luzon.
“’Yung southwest monsoon ay patuloy na nakakaapekto sa extreme northern Luzon, kaya within 24 hours, makakaranas pa rin tayo ng magandang panahon. Bahagyang maulap hanggang sa maulap ang kalangitan and isolated rainshowers lang po ang inaasahan nating pag-ulan,” Bulquerin said.
(The southwest monsoon continues to affect the weather in the extreme northern Luzon. Within 24 hours, we will have fair weather. There will be partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers.)
“Sa Visayas at Mindanao, makakaranas din ng magandang panahon. Bahagyang maulap hanggang sa maulap ‘yung kalangitan, and then ‘yung pag-ulan na mararanasan ay isolated lamang din,” he added.
(In the Visayas and Mindanao, there will also be fair weather, with partly cloudy to cloudy skies and isolated rain showers.)
Forecast temperature range in key cities:
Metro Manila: 25 to 33 degrees Celsius
Baguio City: 16 to 24 degrees Celsius
Laoag City: 25 to 32 degrees Celsius
Tuguegarao: 25 to 33 degrees Celsius
Legazpi City: 26 to 34 degrees Celsius
Puerto Princesa City: 25 to 33 degrees Celsius
Iloilo City: 26 to 33 degrees Celsius
Cebu City: 25 to 34 degrees Celsius
Tacloban City: 25 to 32 degrees Celsius
Cagayan De Oro City: 24 to 32 degrees Celsius
Zamboanga City: 24 to 35 degrees Celsius
Davao City: 26 to 33 degrees Celsius
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