PAGASA Says Habagat to Bring Overcast Skies and Rains Over Some Parts of the Country
PAGASA LATEST UPDATE – The state weather bureau has reported that overcast skies with rain are expected across the country due to the habagat.
On Monday (August 21, 2023), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration released the latest weather update for the country. The southwest monsoon will continue to affect the country’s weather conditions.
PAGASA reported that the Southwest Monsoon will affect the western sections of Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
The habagat will bring cloudy weather with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms to Palawan and regions in Mindanao, including the Zamboanga Peninsula, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Soccsksargen, and Davao del Sur.
The southwest monsoon is expected to bring partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms over the Bicol region, Northern Samar, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, as well as Palawan, including the Kalayaan Islands.
The habagat and localized thunderstorms will bring similar weather conditions across the entire Visayas and Occidental Mindoro.
Metro Manila and the rest of the country will experience fair weather conditions. However, isolated rain showers or thunderstorms are still possible, according to PAGASA weather specialist Daniel James Villamin.
The weather agency has warned residents in the affected areas of possible flash floods and landslides due to moderate to heavy rains and severe thunderstorms.
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Meanwhile, the coastal water conditions across the entire country will be slight to moderate, according to the weather bureau. No gale warning has been raised in any seaboard nationwide.
Villamin said that the weather agency is monitoring cloud clusters in the eastern parts of Mindanao.
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