Pagasa weather update. GRAPHICS BY INQUIRER
MANILA, Philippines — Some parts of the country will still experience cloudy skies and some rain shower on Saturday due to the prevailing northeast monsoon and easterlies, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Friday.
In the 5 p.m. weather forecast of Pagasa, weather forecaster Chenel Dominguez said that there is no low pressure area monitored inside and outside the Philippine area of responsibility.
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“Northeast monsoon continues to prevail in the extreme northern Luzon, so expect that Batanes and Babuyan Islands will experience cloudy skies and rains,” Dominguez said in a mix of Filipino and English.
Dominguez also explained that the reason why most parts of the country are experiencing hot weather is because there is still no surge of northeast monsoon, or “amihan” and it still has not reached most areas.
Further, Dominguez noted that the sheer line, or the crossing of the northeast monsoon and easterlies or the wind coming from the Pacific Ocean, is possible to occur tomorrow.
“Expect that the eastern section of northern Luzon is likely to experience rains tomorrow,” Dominguez added in a mix of Filipino and English.
Some parts in Mindanao and Palawan will experience cloudy skies and scattered rains.
“This is possible to become an axis of the intertropical convergence zone of ITCZ that will bring rains in the said areas,” she said in Filipino.
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Meanwhile, the rest of the country will experience fair weather.
A gale warning is raised over the coastal areas of Babuyan Islands and Batanes where 3.1 to 5 meters of waves are likely to occur. Marine activities in the coastal waters are not advisable.