Northeast monsoon might bring light rains—Pagasa

MANILA, Philippines—The northeast monsoon or hanging amihan will bring light rains over Northern Luzon, the state weather bureau said Wednesday.

The onset of the northeast monsoon since October 19 has also started to bring cooler weather in the country, but coldest temperatures were seen by December to January, weather forecaster Aldczar Aurelio of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration told INQUIRER.net.

In Pagasa’s extended daily weather outlook, temperature in Metro Manila could go as low as 22 degrees Celsius, while Baguio City could go as cold as 15 degrees Celsius.

The northeast monsoon is identified with the Christmas season in the Philippines.

Meanwhile, Palawan and Mindanao will have rainshowers or thunderstorms due to an intertropical convergence zone.

“Palawan, Negros Oriental and Mindanao will be cloudy with occasional light to moderate rainshowers or thunderstorms. The Regions of Ilocos, Cordillera and Cagayan Valley will have light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy with isolated brief rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening,” Pagasa said in its Wednesday bulletin.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from northeast will prevail over Luzon and Eastern Visayas and the coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast with slight to moderate seas, it added.