MANILA, Philippines — The southwest monsoon will dump rain over Batanes and Babuyan Islands on Saturday, Aug. 17, based on the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Companies Administration (Pagasa).
In an early morning advisory, Pagasa particularly mentioned that Batanes and Babuyan Islands could anticipate partly cloudy to cloudy skies with remoted rain showers or thunderstorms as results of the dominant southwest monsoon, domestically termed habagat.
Pagasa declared the official onset of the wet season within the nation on Might 29, which signifies that the southwest monsoon turns into the prevailing system influencing climate nationwide.
In the meantime, Pagasa’s climate forecast for Saturday indicated that Metro Manila and the remainder of the nation can have usually honest climate regardless of probabilities of remoted rain showers introduced by localized thunderstorms.
READ: Pagasa declares official begin of wet season
The state climate service additionally famous that the low stress space (LPA) contained in the Philippine space of accountability continues to be unlikely to have an effect on the nation’s climate.
Pagasa climate specialist Daniel James Villamil mentioned that primarily based on their newest monitoring, the LPA was 375 kilometers north-northeast of Itbayat, Batanes, as of three a.m. on Saturday.
“Nananatiling maliit ‘yung tyansa ng nasabing low stress space na maging isang ganap na bagyo sa mga susunod na araw at wala naman tayong inaasahang magiging direktang epekto nito sa ano mang bahagi ng ating bansa,” mentioned Pagasa climate specialist Daniel James Villamil.
(The probabilities of this low stress space growing right into a full-blown storm within the coming days stay low, and we don’t count on it to have any direct affect on any a part of our nation.)
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On predicted temperature ranges in key cities and areas across the nation for Aug. 17, Pagasa issued the next:
- Metro Manila: 26 to 34 levels Celsius
- Baguio Metropolis: 17 to 24 levels Celsius
- Laoag Metropolis: 24 to 32 levels Celsius
- Tuguegarao: 24 to 34 levels Celsius
- Legazpi Metropolis: 26 to 33 levels Celsius
- Puerto Princesa Metropolis: 26 to 32 levels Celsius
- Tagaytay: 24 to 32 levels Celsius
- Kalayaan Islands: 25 to 32 levels Celsius
- Iloilo Metropolis: 26 to 33 levels Celsius
- Cebu: 26 to 33 levels Celsius
- Tacloban Metropolis: 26 to 32 levels Celsius
- Cagayan de Oro Metropolis: 25 to 32 levels Celsius
- Zamboanga Metropolis: 25 to 33 levels Celsius
- Davao Metropolis: 26 to 34 levels Celsius
As for the nation’s seaboards, Pagasa didn’t increase any gale alerts over any coasts nationwide.