Pagasa: Fair Saturday weather with isolated rain showers
MANILA, Philippines – Generally fair weather with partly cloudy skies and scattered rain showers and thunderstorms is expected on Saturday, according to the state weather bureau.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), in its 4 a.m, update, said that scattered rain showers and thunderstorms will hit Eastern Visayas, Central Visayas, Palawan, Albay, Masbate, and Sorsogon due to the intertropical convergence zone.
Batanes and Cagayan will likely experience cloudy skies with light rains due to the northeast monsoon or “amihan”.
Meanwhile, the Ilocos region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and the rest of Cagayan Valley may see partly cloudy to cloudy skies and isolated light rains also due to the northeast monsoon.
Localized thunderstorms, on the other hand, may bring partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers and thunderstorms to Metro Manila and the rest of the country.
Pagasa raised a gale warning over Batanes and Babuyan Islands, where moderate to rough sea conditions are expected.
Temperature range in key cities / areas:
Metro Manila: 24 to 33 degrees Celsius
Baguio City:16 to 24 degrees Celsius
Tagaytay City:22 to 30 degrees Celsius
Tuguegarao City: 22 to 30 degrees Celsius
Laoag City: 24 to 33 degrees Celsius
Legaspi City: 24 to 31 degrees Celsius
Puerto Princesa City: 26 to 30 degrees Celsius
Kalayaan Islands: 27 to 31 degrees Celsius.
