Pagasa sees amihan, easterlies to affect PH in next three days

The  Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration says on Tuesday that amihan and easterlies will continue to affect the country until the next three days. Image from DOST / Pagasa

MANILA, Philippines — The northeast monsoon, locally known as amihan, and easterlies are forecast to continuously affect the country for the next three days, the state weather bureau said on Tuesday.

“Makikita natin dito sa ating wind and rainfall animation ang patuloy na epekto ng amihan sa malaking bahagi ng Luzon at ‘yung easterlies, o ‘yung hangin na nanggagaling sa karagatang Pasipiko, sa nalalabing bahagi ng ating bansa [o] sa mga areas ng Visayas at Mindanao,” said Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) weather specialist Daniel James Villamil.

(We can see here in our wind and rainfall animation the continued effect of the northerly winds in a large part of Luzon and the easterlies, or the winds coming from the Pacific Ocean, in the rest of our country [or] in the areas of the Visayas and Mindanao.)

He said that more areas are expected to be affected by amihan in the coming days.

While easterlies are seen to bring cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over Mindanao on Tuesday, Villamil said it is likely to bring less rain starting Wednesday, particularly over the Caraga and Davao Regions.

However, the western and central portions of Mindanao may still experience rains brought by easterlies in the next few days.

Meanwhile, the eastern portions of Luzon and Visayas have a high chance of experiencing overcast skies with rains still due to amihan and easterlies, respectively.

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For Tuesday’s weather forecast, Pagasa said that Cagayan Valley, Aurora, and Quezon will have overcast skies with rains due to amihan.

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, the rest of Central Luzon, and the rest of Calabarzon.

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

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