Rains expected in parts of Mindanao due to ITCZ

Satellite image released by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration at 4 a.m. on Tuesday. — Photo from Pagasa/Facebook

MANILA, Philippines — Rains are expected in parts of Mindanao due to the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) on Tuesday, April 22, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said.

The ITCZ is an area where winds from the northern and southern hemispheres converge.

In the agency’s morning forecast, weather specialist Chenel Dominguez said, “May kumpol ng kaulapan lalo na dito sa may southern Mindanao at ito yung intertropical convergence zone… [M]agdadala ito ng kalat-kalat na pag-ulan sa ilang bahagi dito sa may Mindanao.”

(There’s a cloud cluster here in southern Mindanao and this is the intertropical convergence zone… This will bring scattered rain showers in some parts here in Mindanao.)

Dominguez specified that these areas were the Davao Region and provinces of South Cotabato, Sarangani, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.

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As for the rest of the country, fair weather is expected on Tuesday with warm and humid conditions from midday until afternoon, according to Pagasa.

“[I]naasahan natin yung mga isolated rain showers o mga panandaliang pag-ulan dulot ito ng mga localized thunderstorm lalo na sa hapon at sa gabi,” Dominguez added.

(We expect isolated or brief rain showers due to localized thunderstorms, especially in the afternoon and the evening.)

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Pagasa said no tropical cyclones or low-pressure areas were being monitored in the country’s area of responsibility.

The weather agency also did not raise a gale warning over the country’s seaboards.