PAGASA Says Easterlies to Bring Fair Weather Over Parts of PH
PAGASA LATEST UPDATE – The state weather bureau reported that fair weather conditions will prevail over most parts of the country.
On Tuesday (July 9, 2024), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration released the latest weather update in the country. The easterlies will affect the country’s weather conditions.
PAGASA weather specialist Rhea Torres reported that easterlies will bring cloudy skies with scattered rain showers over the eastern sections of Luzon and Visayas. Possible flash floods or landslides are expected due to moderate to at times heavy rains.
“Due to the easterlies, cloudy skies with scattered rains are expected in areas of Visayas and Palawan, as for the rest of the country, while we are seeing cloud [bands], it is not expected to last until the afternoon,” Torres said.
The easterlies will bring cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over Visayas and Palawan.
It will also bring partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms over Bicol Region, Quezon, Aurora, Isabela, and Cagayan. Flash floods or landslides are possible in these areas during severe thunderstorms.
The localized thunderstorms will bring similar weather conditions over Metro Manila. The rest of the country will have warm weather except for chances of rain in the afternoon and evening.
“We are expecting warm weather except chances of rain showers and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon and night,” she said.
However, no weather disturbance is expected in and around the Philippine area of responsibility in the coming days.
Meanwhile, the coastal water condition over Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao will be slight to moderate, according to PAGASA. No gale warning was raised over the country’s seaboard.
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