Pagasa: No storm forming in next five days; expect fair weather, rain on Friday
Weather satellite image from Pagasa
MANILA, Philippines — The state weather bureau said Thursday it was not seeing any storm or weather disturbance forming within or outside the Philippine area of responsibility in the next five days. But the weather on Friday, April 22, could be a mix of clear skies and isolated rain showers due to thunderstorms.
Weather specialist Raymond Ordinario, of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical and Astronomical Services (Pagasa), said easterlies or winds blowing from the Pacific Ocean still prevail across the country.
“Bukas dito sa Luzon area, patuloy pa rin ang maaliwalas na panahon na may mga kalat-kalat o pulo-pulong na pagulan, pagkidlat at pagkulog,” Ordinario said in a weather report on Thursday afternoon.
(Tomorrow here in the Luzon area, clear weather will continue with scattered rain, lightning, and thunder.)
“Isolated localized thunderstorms ang ating inaasahan na pwedeng magdulot ng dagliang pagulan dito sa Luzon area, including Metro Manila,” he added.
(Isolated localized thunderstorms are what we expect that could cause sudden rain here in the Luzon area, including Metro Manila.)
The same weather situations could also be expected in Visayas and Mindanao, Ordinario said.
Pagasa further said it did raise any gale warning over the country’s seaboards.
Thus, Ordinario noted: “Malayang makakapalaot ang ating mangingisda at may mga maliliit na sasakyang pandagat.”
(Our fishermen are free to sail, even those with small marine vessels.)
Meanwhile, the state weather service issued the following temperature range in key cities/areas for Friday:
- Metro Manila: 24 to 33 degrees Celsius
- Baguio City: 16 to 25 degrees Celsius
- Laoag City: 25 to 33 degrees Celsius
- Tuguegarao: 23 to 33 degrees Celsius
- Legazpi City: 26 to 33 degrees Celsius
- Puerto Princesa City: 26 to 33 degrees Celsius
- Tagaytay: 23 to 31 degrees Celsius
- Kalayaan Islands: 26 to 33 degrees Celsius
- Iloilo City: 25 to 32 degrees Celsius
- Cebu: 25 to 32 degrees Celsius
- Tacloban City: 25 to 31 degrees Celsius
- Cagayan De Oro City: 25 to 31 degrees Celsius
- Zamboanga City: 25 to 33 degrees Celsius
- Davao City: 23 to 33 degrees Celsius
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