File photo shows a sun-baked stretch of white sand beach in Panglao Island, Bohol, favored by many local and foreign tourists. (LEO UDTOHAN / INQUIRER)
MANILA, Philippines — Warm, weekend weather is expected in Luzon and the Visayas while cloudy skies and rian showers are expected in Mindanao due to the easterlies, or warm winds blowing from the Pacific Ocean, the sate weather bureau said Saturday morning.
“Ngayon po, patuloy po ang epekto ng easterlies o hangin po galing sa Pacific Ocean, so ito pa rin po yung generally mainit na panahon, lalo na sa Luzon and Visayas. At yung easterlies din po ang nagdadala ng pag-ulan dito sa malaking bahagi ng Mindanao at bahagi ng Visayas over this weekend,” said Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) weather specialist Benison Estareja.
(Today, the effects of the easterlies will bring be generally warm weather, especially in Luzon and the Visayas. The easterlies will also bring rain over a large part of Mindanao and parts of the Visayas this weekend.)
Isolated rain showers in other parts of the country are also possible, Pagasa added.
Flash floods and landslides are possible in rain-affected areas, Pagasa warned.
No gale warning was raised over any of the country’s seaboards.
Forecast temperature range in key cities / areas on Saturday
- Metro Manila: 24 to 32 degrees Celsius
- Baguio City: 17 to 25 degrees Celsius
- Laoag City: 24 to 32 degrees Celsius
- Tuguegarao: 25 to 34 degrees Celsius
- Legazpi City: 24 to 32 degrees Celsius
- Puerto Princesa City: 25 to 33 degrees Celsius
- Tagaytay City: 21 to 31 degrees Celsius
- Kalayaan Islands: 26 to 33 degrees Celsius
- Iloilo City: 27 to 32 degrees Celsius
- Cebu: 25 to 33 degrees Celsius
- Tacloban City: 25 to 32 degrees Celsius
- Cagayan De Oro City: 24 to 30 degrees Celsius
- Zamboanga City: 26 to 33 degrees Celsius
- Davao City: 23 to 33 degrees Celsius