Occasional rain showers to persist in most parts of PH on New Year’s day

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration says the northeast monsoon and easterlies will continue to bring rain over the country on the first day of 2024. Image from DOST / Pagasa

MANILA, Philippines — Two weather systems will continue to bring rain in the country on the first day of 2024, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Monday.

Pagasa said that the northeast monsoon, locally known as amihan, is still expected to cause cloudy skies with rains in Batanes and Cagayan including the Babuyan Islands.

Pagasa added that the same weather system will bring slightly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains over Metro Manila, the Ilocos Region, the Cordillera Administrative Region, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, and the rest of Cagayan Valley.

Meanwhile, the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to easterlies and localized thunderstorms.

On the other hand, Pagasa said that it is still not monitoring any low pressure area inside or outside of the Philippine area of responsibility.

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However, a gale warning alert is in effect over the seaboard of Batanes, Cagayan, including Babuyan Islands, and Ilocos Norte due to amihan.

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“Dahil dito pinapayuhan natin ang mga kababayan [natin] lalung-lalo na ‘yung mga [may-ari ng] maliliit na sasakyang pang-dagat, maliliit na mga bangka na huwag munang pumalaot sa mga baybayin na ito,” Pagasa weather specialist Obet Badrina said.

(Because of this, we advise [our] compatriots, especially those [owners of] small sea vessels and small boats, not to venture to these shores in the meantime.)