Amihan strengthens, cooler weather expected in Luzon — Pagasa

MANILA, Philippines — The northeast monsoon or amihan is gaining strength, causing cooler weather in most parts of Luzon on Tuesday, the state weather bureau reported.

“Sa kasalukuyan, inaasahan natin ang muling paglakas ng northeast monsoon o amihan at ito nga po ngayon ay umiiral at nakakaapekto dito sa bahagi ng Luzon kung saan ngayong araw asahan po natin ang malamig na panahon dito sa malaking bahagi ng Luzon,” said Grace Castañeda, weather specialist of Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).

(At present, we expect the northeast monsoon to gain strength, prevailing and affecting Luzon where we see cooler weather in many parts of Luzon.)

Despite the strengthening of the northeast monsoon, the entire country is expected to have a fair weather condition on Tuesday.

The northeast monsoon would only bring partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains in Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon.

The rest of the country will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with chances of isolated rain showers and thunderstorms due to easterlies.

Meanwhile, Pagasa raised gale warning in the seaboards of Batanes and Babuyan Islands which will experience moderate to very rough seas with 1.5 to 4.5 meters of waves due to the northeast monsoon.

Here are the projected temperature in key areas on Tuesday, according to Pagasa:

Metro Manila: 23 to 30 degrees Celsius
Baguio City: 12 to 23 degrees Celsius
Laoag City:  20 to 29 degrees Celsius
Tuguegarao: 21 to 29 degrees Celsius
Legazpi City: 23 to 31 degrees Celsius
Puerto Princesa City: 24 to 32 degrees Celsius
Tagaytay: 20 to 28 degrees Celsius
Kalayaan Islands: 25 to 32 degrees Celsius
Iloilo: 25 to 30 degrees Celsius
Cebu: 25 to 31 degrees Celsius
Tacloban: 24 to 31 degrees Celsius
Cagayan De Oro: 24 to 31 degrees Celsius
Zamboanga City: 24 to 34 degrees Celsius
Davao: 25 to 32 degrees Celsius

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