Fair weather forecast on Monday (Sept. 23) as habagat weakens

(Satellite photo from Pagasa)

MANILA, Philippines — Most parts of the country will have fair weather on Monday due to easterlies, as the southwest monsoon, or habagat, weakened, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).

In a morning forecast, the state weather service reported that easterlies particularly affect the country’s eastern portion.

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“The southwest monsoon has continued to weaken in the country. It’s the easterlies that are now affecting the eastern part of our country,” Pagasa weather specialist Aldczar Aurelio said in Filipino.

In Luzon, Aurelio noted that warmer weather would persist with chances of isolated rain showers and localized thunderstorms.

Likewise, the Visayas and Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with chances of isolated rain showers and localized thunderstorms.

Pagasa has not monitored any low-pressure area or typhoon inside and outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility.

Meanwhile, no gale warning was raised in the country’s seaboards.